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16 July 2019/ Racial Identity

A family’s legacy

A family’s legacy
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Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh

Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh

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An ancestor’s escape from slavery
Slavery in America

An ancestor’s escape from slavery

My grandmother’s grandmother ran and hid with her baby under a log to escape her captors.

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