Cramming in as much research as I can in the last hours before my trial Ancestry membership runs out. Researching the Littlejohn arm this morning (Estell : Obert : Van Horn and Mary Littlejohn Maurice.
Discovered that Mary's grandparents and great-grandparents were slave owners in Virginia in the early 1800s. This is the first arm of all of my ancestors and all of David's ancestors that I've found who were slave owners. And I'm SOOOOO disappointed. I'm sitting here literally on the verge of tears, knowing that my ancestors 'owned' other human beings. I'm disgusted, humbled, and sad.
My God is too big for a snowcone
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Maybe seven or eight years ago, after a long struggle with religion and
faith, I finally decided it was okay to let go of the dogma and
contradictions of r...
8 years ago
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