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USA Today Publishes New Articles As Part Of Series, "1619: Searching for Answers"

The new articles include: 

Slavery in America: Some historical sites try to show the horrors. Others are far behind., Max Cohen

Tips to trace your family history beyond DNA tests, by Deborah Barfield Berry

I was writing about colonial America’s first enslaved Africans; I was stunned to find my ancestors, too., by Deborah Barfield Berry

She was captured, enslaved and she survived. Meet Angela, the first named African woman in Jamestown, Nichelle Smith

How well do you know America's history with slavery? Take our quiz, Max Cohen and Jim Sergent 

Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in America. Wanda Tucker believes her relatives were the first, Deborah Barfield Berry and Kelley Benham French

The founding family you’ve never heard of: The black Tuckers of Hampton, Virginia, Rick Hampson, and Deborah Barfield Berry

Read entire article at USA Today