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Last night, on the cusp between Father’s Day and Juneteenth, I took a closer look at my male-line ancestors. I knew they had enslaved people in Kentucky, and before that in Virginia. But wills and inventories had told only part of the story. For example, Richard Taylor, who fought in the Revolution, died intestate in […]https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/355122377_10160861783754295_3791175441635530065_n.jpg1671849