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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would someone prove eligibility? [/quote]

Robust genealogy research? Three of my ancestors were slaves - depending on how open the owner was about sleeping with his slaves, it's pretty easy to prove.  :cry: 
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What's the percentage that will qualify?  I'm 1% Nigerian according to 23 and Me, and FamilySearch says that 1% is from an ancestor who lived in the early 1800s.  I'm white and my family is white as far as anyone could tell to look at. Would I qualify?  Would my kids? Would my grandkids?  Are we going to go with a blood quantum?

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Having that percentage does not mean you were descended from a slave in the U.S.

You can trace slave heritage. There are many people who research this.

I saw a lecture by a Black genealogist. She said at some point, researchers will land in Virginia. Many people lived there.

The majority of the people in that audience were Black. This was in California. I'm sure many or most of them were descendants of slaves.[/quote]

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