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Descendant Of Former Slave Owners Seeks Out Descendants Of Their Former Slaves
Posted on · Journalist Chris Tomlinson's ancestors used to own slaves. In his book, Tomlinson Hill, he reconnects with the descendants of those slaves.
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Debate Surges Over How to Handle Brick Streets in Historic Freedmen’s Town
Posted on · More than a century ago, freed slaves and their descendants laid bricks in the Fourth Ward community of Freedmenâs Town. That alone makes the bricks significant, but thereâs more to it than that. The bricks are laid out in particular designs at some intersections â designs which in some cases pointed to safe houses for […]