In first lady's roots, a complex path from slavery

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago

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In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions. Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths and cattle that he bequeathed to his far-flung heirs was a 6-year-old slave girl valued soon afterward at $475.

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