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The Last Surviving Black Americans Who Were Born Into Enslavement

Grades PK - 13+ AIS - Literacy Arts Career and Technical Education Computer Science English Language Arts Health Mathematics Physical Education Science Social and Emotional Learning Social Studies World Languages

For many people, American slavery seems like a historically distant era. After all, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation back in 1863.   Some formerly enslaved Americans survived well into the 20th century, including a small group of people who were born in Africa and taken to the United States in the final days of the transatlantic slave trade.  Learn more here.

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