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3 months ago

Pierre Thomas shares personal journey with 10 Million Names Project

ABC News' chief justice correspondent takes a look at his family tree with the project that recovers the names of people of African descent enslaved in the U.S. before the end of the Civil War.
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VIDEO: Pierre Thomas shares personal journey with 10 Million Names Project
8 months ago

'10 Million Names' and ABC News explore recordings of formerly enslaved individuals

ABC News' Alex Presha speaks with key scholars of the "10 million names" project, which aims to shed light on the history and legacy of slavery in America.
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VIDEO: '10 Million Names' project reveals recordings of enslaved Black Americans
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Hear the stories of formerly enslaved people in their own words

The "10 Million Names Project” is using genealogy to identify the names of people once enslaved to give Black Americans information about their family history.
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VIDEO:  Hear the stories of formally enslaved people in their own words
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Rare audio of formerly enslaved people connects history to the present

Hundreds of recordings conducted between 1920 and 1940 are helping researchers learn more about the 10 million men, women and children enslaved in the United States.
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In a 1974 recording, a 114-year-old woman named Celia Black recalled picking cotton in Texas as a child born into slavery.
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Michael Strahan learns family history of Shankleville

"Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan visited Shankleville, a freedom colony in East Texas with roots that date back to the mid-1800s.
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Lareatha Clay shows Michael Strahan the Odom Homestead, built in 1922 by a Shankle descendent, in Shankleville, Texas, Aug. 3, 2023. "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan visited Shankleville, Texas as part of the 10 Million Names Project and to explore his own personal connection to the historic freedom colony.
8 months ago

'10 Million Names': Learn more about the history of enslaved people

The 10 Million Names Project is working to recover the names of the 10 million people of African descent who were enslaved before 1865 in the present-day United States.
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Slaves of Thomas F. Drayton of Magnolia Plantation, Hilton Head, S.C., 1862. Drayton, a Southern plantation owner, served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
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The '10 Million Names' project: A reading list

The historic '10 Million Names' project is working to identify every individual enslaved before 1865 in the present-day United States.
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The 10 Million Names project includes a "call to action," where anyone is invited to come forward and share family records that could amplify written and oral histories.