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[-] tobebannedbygaymods@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

leo's own family history includes enslaved people ? how ? and where ? he's white !

[-] Strawberry 5 points 4 days ago

You can't always tell someone's ancestry from their appearance. Plenty of white/white-passing people, especially in the Americas, have recent black ancestors. Take this Appalachian community, for example.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

According to genealogical research published by Henry Louis Gates Jr., 17 of Leo's American ancestors were Black, listed in census records as mulatto, Black, Creole or a free person of color. His family tree includes slaveholders and enslaved people, Gates wrote in The New York Times.

[-] HereIAm@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Whites have been slaves for a long time. You can start with reading up the history of the Irish.

[-] tobebannedbygaymods@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Yes , so as in the Roman period but the pope is American , and unless he can track his family record 600 years in behind it is unlikely the any of them were slaves

I mean come on , white slaves ? in the new world ?

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