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Maternal Third Great Grandparents Freed from Slavery

“Look what they did. Look at what they achieved.” Audra McDonald is moved to learn her maternal third great-grandparents survived slavery, started a family, and purchased land post-Civil War.
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Against All Odds
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Maternal Third Great Grandparents Freed from Slavery
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