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Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Black Ancestors in the 1850s

A look at the lives of Wanda Sykes’s ancestors in the 1850s.

05/13/2012 | Rating NR

FromHenry Louis Gates, Jr.

Finding Your Roots

Education | Wanda Sykes’s Free Black Ancestors in the 1850s

Clip: Season 1 Episode 9 | 2m 39s

A look at the lives of Wanda Sykes’s ancestors in the 1850s.

A look at the lives of Wanda Sykes’s ancestors in the 1850s and how a marriage certificate proves their free status.

05/13/2012 | Rating NR

FromHenry Louis Gates, Jr.

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