Justice Jackson ancestors were enslaved. Her husband's were enslavers.
Hundreds of years ago, two men named John boarded ships to America to seek opportunity. One worked onboard as a barber; one was an indentured servant.
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Hundreds of years ago, two men named John boarded ships to America to seek opportunity. One worked onboard as a barber; one was an indentured servant.
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The ancestors of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and her husband were described as "enslaved" and "enslavers" in a recent report examining the role of both families in slavery.
'We were an unlikely pair in many respects' the Supreme Court justice said in a 2017 speech, 'but somehow we found each other.'
Today, as new genealogical research illustrates, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and her husband, Patrick Jackson, are left with a historical subject in common: