26: Hoodwinked, Bamboozled, Led Astray, Run Amok - Enslaved ... While Black

What would you ask the family who enslaved your ancestors? Could you listen to them, forgive them...love them? Would you be sympathetic to their plight and misguided actions?

These are some of the topics that we touch on today as we sit down with Diana Roman, a descendant of the Hairston family...one of the largest slave owning families in American history. Over the course of their dominance they owned and managed 43 plantations accounting for over 10,000 enslaved Africans.

Diana is eager to redirect her legacy from the atrocities of slavery to possibilities of genealogical reconnection. Her family has complete an intact record for every person they enslaved and are working with the other large historical slave holding families and the mormon to church to provide these records….answering genealogical questions for millions.

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