Brown’s own family descends from enslaved people in Georgia and South Carolina

Evidence

In the process of unearthing America’s hidden history, I uncovered a piece of my own. I have always known that I descended from enslaved people. My father’s family is from Georgia, and my mother’s is from South Carolina. Most black people from those states are descended from enslaved people. But only recently was part of my great-uncle Billy’s story revealed to me. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 34

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Personalizes the argument, echoing the genre shift from diagnosis to remedy.

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