On Sunday, February 25, 2024, in the middle of the night, I finally found the North Carolina plantation that my ancestors were enslaved on: Midway Plantation. I stared at my laptop, completely in awe of the fact that all the puzzle pieces were starting to fit together after I had spent years tracing my roots. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] I had read that the North Carolina State Capitol officially launched an ongoing digital humanities project that names more than 130 enslaved Black men who built and maintained the State Capitol between 1833 and 1865.
How The Burial Ground Of My Enslaved African Ancestors Became A Historical Landmark
Sade Green, Time
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 5:00am
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