The history of slavery is often taught as a bitter chapter of America’s past that has been rectified. But in Kentucky that history has been rarely acknowledged, and is poorly documented. This has made it particularly difficult for African American families to learn anything about their enslaved ancestors. We’ll meet one Black family just beginning to learn about their family’s connections to a plantation in Louisville.
Episode Ten: My Old Kentucky Home
Episode Nine: Facing the Past
Episode Eight: Zebulon Ward
Episode Seven: Henrietta Wood
Episode Six: Lost Cause
Episode Five: Aftermath
Episode Four: The Civil War
Episode Three: Recovering History
Episode Two: Sold Down the River
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