By Gwen McKinney | Word In Black (WIB) - Part genealogy study, part haunting narrative, historian Mary Frances Berry’s new book, “Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families from Emancipation to the Present,” surfaces the little-known roots of child theft, labor abuse, and human trafficking. Berry’s research explains the present […]

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