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For years, the census didn’t even name them. They were simply listed as slaves or "free colored." Despite the challenges, more African Americans have turned to oral history, DNA tests, musty records and libraries, hungry for information. Wanda Tucker and her family have been on a quest to prove they are related to the first enslaved Africans brought to Virginia in 1619. The USA TODAY reporter telling the Tuckers' story made a discovery of her own. |
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