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    Finding Enslaved Ancestors in Puerto Rico Through Registries Online

    ByAnna Bayala November 26, 2018February 22, 2026

    Finding enslaved ancestors in some parts of the world is much easier than in the United States. The slaveholders of many Africans and African descents were usually counted as notches in the United States census and records. One pattern that I noticed with countries held by Spain is that that was not the case.  While…

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