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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 07 > Web site helping African-Americans trace their ancestry

Web site helping African-Americans trace their ancestry

Database tracks routes of 35,000 slave-trade voyages

By Dahleen Glanton / The Bulletin
January 7, 2009

ATLANTA — In a major advance in genealogical research, African-Americans will be able to trace the routes of slave ships that transported 12.5 million of their ancestors from Africa as early as the 16th century.

The free Internet database gives African-Americans the opportunity for the....

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