Did My Family Own Slaves
The parts of my family I know the most specific details about came to America after the Civil War or immigrated before the war to Union states where slavery would have been outlawed long before they arrived. In the 1860 census her father PR. Descendant Of Mu Founder Atones For Family S Slave Owning Past News Columbiamissourian Com Teeple makes the usual argument. Did my family own slaves . To be paid the slave owner had to sign the slave payroll acknowledging receipt of pay. My family didnt own slaves but interestingly enough my uncle traced that we were descended from Irish indentured servants. Where did you get the 95 anyway. After a 15-month court battle George Henry Williams the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court freed the family. It would come as no surprise that anyone tracing their family roots back to the pre-war South would find that his descendants had owned slaves. Yes -- but why they did and how many they owned will surprise you. The coin in my ...