At least 100 members of last sitting Congress are direct descendants of ancestors who enslaved Black people, representing at least 8 percent of Democrats in Congress and 28 percent of Republicans, according to Reuters
In researching America's political elite, Reuters found names of more than 700 people enslaved by ancestors of the leaders.
The Reuters examination reveals how intimately tied America remains to the institution of slavery, including through the"people who make the laws that govern our country," said Henry Louis Gates Jr, a professor at Harvard University who focuses on African and African American research and hosts the popular television genealogy show Finding Your Roots onGates said identifying those familial connections to slaveholders is"not another chapter in the blame game.
"This is a learning opportunity for each individual. It is also a learning opportunity for their constituency … and for the American people as a whole." In its reporting, Reuters analysed US census records, including antebellum tallies of enslaved people known as"slave schedules," as well as tax documents, estate records, family Bibles, newspaper accounts, and birth and death certificates.
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