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VIDEO: Descendants reflect on painful past of slavery on the 400th anniversary
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  • August 26, 2019

Descendants reflect on painful past of slavery on the 400th anniversary

This weekend marks 400 years when the first slaves arrived in Colonial America; "Day of Healing" events are scheduled all over the country.

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