More Than 100 U.S. Leaders Have Slaveholding Ancestors
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More Than 100 U.S. Leaders Have Slaveholding Ancestors
Many lawmakers need look no further than their own family histories to find a much more personal connection to slavery in America.
A Reuters investigation found a fifth of the nation’s congressmen, living presidents, Supreme Court justices and governors are direct descendants of ancestors who enslaved Black people.
Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
