Is this the worst Snopes article of all time? And to say Snopes isn't biased :rofl: .. Re: Kamala Harris's family owning slaves...
the father of Kamala Harris, Donald J. Harris, is from Jamaica and wrote an articlea bout his heritage that Snopes links and quotes. the important quote, from Kamala Harris' father, is:
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My roots go back, within my lifetime, to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy (née Christiana Brown, descendant of Hamilton Brown who is on record as plantation and slave owner and founder of Brown’s Town)
so her father, the person who isn't from America and who was writing about "that side of the family", fully admits her ancestors owned slaves
Snopes responds:
THEY ACTUALLY DID AN AMATEUR GENEALOGY REPORT ON HARRIS' FAMILY
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We discovered ample evidence of Brown’s slave ownership and his political and business career on the island of Jamaica. However, details about his immediate family are lacking, by comparison.
oh, and just to cover their ass in case it's proven by actual research (or, you know, the actual family at issue admitting such things), this final paragraph:
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Even if it is the case that the Harris family, by way of Christiana Brown, are descendants of Hamilton Brown, those who seek to attack or undermine Sen. Harris for the wrongdoing of a man who died almost 200 years ago should first gain a better understanding of the often complicated, traumatic histories of black families in the United States — and tread much more carefully.