Black History Month; destroying the myths. No. 3 Only black people had ancestors who were slaves
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There is a wholly false idea circulating in both Britain and the United States that only the ancestors of people of African origin were slaves. This mad notion is all but universally believed. In fact, few places have suffered more from slavery and the slave trade than the British Isles and many of the people living there today have distant ancestors who were slaves.
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