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    Tracking Down a Slave's Bill of Sale

    Members of an extended Tennessee family talk about their great, great grandfather, a slave owned by his white, biological father.

    October 3, 2016

    Tracking Down a Slave's Bill of Sale
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    Members of an extended Tennessee family talk about their great, great grandfather, a slave owned by his white, biological father.

    After emancipation, their ancestor managed to buy a farm.

    Family members reflect on the strength it took to survive slavery and to prosper in the years that followed.

    From The Washington Post: A hunt for his slave ancestor's original bill of sale unearthed a surprising history

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