Actor Sterling K. Brown was moved to tears during an emotional appearance on PBS' 'Finding Your Roots.' - NBCBLK
“You know in theory that you have to come from somewhere. But now you know you have real people with real names and real birthplaces,” Brown said. “It’s surreal to actually see it.”
Gates pointed that it’s often difficult for African Americans to trace their lineage, since slavery broke family bonds and made genealogical record-keeping almost impossible. Often, the only way to try to trace the lineage of a descendant of slaves is by using the records of slave dealers and owners, created not to document the lives of the ancestors of slaves but as legal or business documents listing those ancestors as assets.
“It’s only through documents like this that we can begin to approximate the identity of a black person’s ancestors who were enslaved,” Gates told Brown. “Being black in this country… you get so used to not knowing for so long,” Brown said. “It’s a joy to know that it’s real. I’m real, is what it feels like.”
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