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Dionne Warwick Reflects on the Ugly Legacy Slavery

Season 10 Episode 7

Dionne Warwick reacts powerfully to seeing her ancestor listed in an 1870 slave schedule.

Dionne Warwick discovers her ancestors in the 1870 census in Jackson County, Florida, likely born into slavery. Researchers found a white farmer, Joseph Russ, who owned 31 enslaved people in the 1860s, potentially including Dionne's ancestors. She reflects on the impact of seeing her ancestor listed anonymously in the slave schedule and acknowledges the undeniable connection to slavery.

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