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re: Ancestral geneology of SEC people
Posted on 7/25/14 at 2:42 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 7/25/14 at 2:42 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
I'm originally from the DC metro area but my ancestors were slaves in Mississippi. A few years ago our family used DNA to trace our roots back to what is present day Sierra Leone. The slave ship was likely a schooner that arrived somewhere on the Georgia coast circa 1839. 
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Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:26 pm to MoreLawdawg
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I'm originally from the DC metro area but my ancestors were slaves in Mississippi. A few years ago our family used DNA to trace our roots back to what is present day Sierra Leone. The slave ship was likely a schooner that arrived somewhere on the Georgia coast circa 1839.
That is cool that you were able to trace things back that far. Within that context, do you have any suggestion on how that happened given that importation was already banned by then? I know numerous ships still operated post-1808 but it would make for an interesting story for sure.
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