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Lee and Liza's Family Tree | Slate

Lee and Liza's Family Tree

Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family's ancestry. Follow one family's quest to discover their lost history, and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery.

Runtime: 54m

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Byron HurtDirector

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