After Slavery Separated Families, People Went In Search of Lost Loved Ones
By Nylu Bridges Bernshtayn, age 13 Slavery began in what is now the United States in 1619 and ended in 1865 when the thirteenth amendment was ratified. During that period, families were torn apart and family members were sold into slavery. “About one-third of enslaved children in the upper South experienced separation either by …
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