Black History Black HistoryIn the beginning, some came from Virginia, some from the District of Columbia, then in the miod 1850's, they came from Alabama, Mississippi and Georgiz. In the beginning they came from Africa. There are no known birth certificates on most of these people. They were given ages and first names by the slave master who owned them at that particular time. These words are the words of Barbara Jefferson-Bonner, in her book "The Legacy". It deals with the families of those who came to Holland Quarter Community near Carthage, Texas.
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