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Why didn't the former enslaved Africans return back to their homelands after the abolition of slavery throughout the Americas? (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In contrast, I can trace my lineage back to the Mayflower and even before.

This is really strange to me. I have no knowledge on my family any further back than my great-grandparents, and that only through stories and photos from my grandparents. Beyond that i've never been really interested in the topic.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    My great grandmother came over as an infant/toddler from Calabria, Italy in the 1920s. That's about as far back as I can trace my family history. If anyone knows how further back it goes I either never met them or they never shared it.

    The United States is the only home I know, and much as I hate the empire and all it begets I'm not sure if I could live anywhere else and not feel like a stranger in a strange land.

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