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“I mean, how do you explain… to children that slavery existed in freedom-loving America, No. 1; and No. 2, how do you explain to a child about an enslaved heritage shrouded in miscegenation? It’s not an easy thing to do.”

“I mean, how do you explain… to children that slavery existed in freedom-loving America, No. 1; and No. 2, how do you explain to a child about an enslaved heritage shrouded in miscegenation? It’s not an easy thing to do.” —Regina Mason

Terry Gross, “When Ancestry Search Led To Escaped Slave: ‘All I Could Do Was Weep’,” National Public Radio, Fresh Air, WHYY Philadelphia, (January 18, 2016). http://www.npr.org/2016/01/18/463164866/when-ancestry-search-led-to-escaped-slave-all-i-could-do-was-weep. (00:06:48-00:07:05).

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