Louisiana Families Begin Digging Into Their Family History, Find They Are Descendants of Slaves Sold by Georgetown University

Posted by Jean-Yves on Jun 20, 2016
 

Growing up in tiny Maringouin, Jessica Tilson often heard that everyone in town was somehow related.

The 34-year-old Southern University student brushed off the statements as just a colloquial expression for the kinship residents living in the quaint Iberville Parish town felt toward one another. However, Tilson recently learned more than just geography and skin color bonds her to many neighbors, classmates and fellow church members. She shares blood connections with them as well.

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