GENEALOGY

My 3rd Great Grandmother is Listed as Property in Jean Vavasseur's Estate.

An essay about the history and genealogy of Black Americans

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How far removed are Black Americans from their enslaved ancestors? My fourth great-grandmother, Marie, was enslaved by Jean Pierre Gaspard Vavasseur (1778–1850), a French colonizer who left his…