Liberation genealogy

Article Abstract:

An woman's visit to the archives of her ancestral hometown of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico reveals that her family was of the slave-holding landed gentry. The woman takes affirmative action by publicly acknowledging this part of her past, rather than torturing herself with guilt or resorting to denial.

Ethical aspects, Slavery, Race relations, Hispanic Americans, Slaveholders

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My secret history

Article Abstract:

A woman's search for her grandmother's past revealed some disturbing secrets. She discovered that her great grandparents were both black people. Anita Hemmings, the matriarch, was a fair-skinned exotic beauty who had to renounce her family and race to gain passage into a better life.

African Americans, Hemmings, Anita

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My great-great-grandmother, the roundheel

Article Abstract:

A woman describes learning that her great-great-grandmother was a prostitute. The revelation explained some of her family's behavior patterns.

United States, Column

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