Last Person Born To Enslaved Parent Laid To Rest In DC

The last living person believed to be born to an enslaved parent in the U.S. has died. Daniel Smith Senior passed away at age 98 earlier this month. His father,was a young child enslaved in Virginia when the 13th amendment was ratified. He was 70 when Daniel was born in 1932. Smith was laid to rest in Washington DC . For more information on this story, click on link below:


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