I return today in this series, to the voices, of those who were enslaved.
Again, the resilience, resistance and perseverance of those who survived, when by most measures they should have died, is a huge tribute to the human spirit.
In these stories, one sees the importance of identity, or self-definition in the lives of African-Americans and their descendants. Our history, geneology was shrouded in lies, thefts, secrets, stories and crimes against humanity. We are still unraveling these mysteries, and as we do so we continue healing.
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