| The slave trade was of such a nature that powers like Great Britain had certain territories with slave castles operated by licensed traders who were patrons to particular chieftains and market men-women for raiding hapless victim villages in a given geographic region; and, many of the slaves captured and sold at different times in places like Jamestown were obviously related. We can speculate that Abram may well have been a cousin or even a nephew to the mother of Betty Hemings. |
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