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Fort Monroe named Site of Memory associated with UNESCO Slave Route Project


Fort Monroe named Site of Memory associated with UNESCO Slave Route Project
Published Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, 11:24 am
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that UNESCO has designated Fort Monroe as a Site of Memory Associated with the UNESCO Slave Route project. Photo courtesy Office of Gov. Ralph Northam.
The first enslaved African people arrived in the English colonies in the Americas in 1619 on a ship called the White Lion, landing at Point Comfort, the present site of Fort Monroe National Monument in Hampton. ....

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Black families use DNA, oral histories to fill in gaps left by slavery


Black families using DNA, genealogy to fill in historical gaps left by slavery
Inspired by the 400th anniversary of the 1619 African landing, more Black people are researching their roots and tracing their ancestry.
Nathaniel Cline, Special to USA TODAY
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12:28 am UTC Feb. 20, 2021
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Laurie Scott-Reyes drove for two hours, alone, on a back road from Crawford, Alabama to Sparta, Georgia, retracing in reverse the migration her ancestors made after slavery ended.
Anxious to reach her destination and determined to make the journey, she took in the sights around her, staring at dilapidated homes, rusted over storefronts and rows and rows of pine trees. Years ago, her family had fled Georgia looking for a better life and made Alabama their new home. Now, she felt a pull to come back and see what they had left behind.  ....

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