“Virtually everyone in America has slave-holding ancestors.”
I like to put it this way:
If you walk the earth you are descended from both
slaves and slave masters.
That’s right.
Hmmmm...I know I do as one was Governor of Barbados, but there are some in my line from Germany that came too late to the party. No slaves there. Another ancestor from Ireland (Ulster), 3Xs great grandfather, worked with the Underground Railroad.
I have definite slave owning relatives, but they were NOT ancestors. They were another branch (Southern) paralleling my line. (Northern)
Frankly, I don’t care if anyone owned slaves in my family history, what the heck does that have to do with me?