Finding Your Roots
We Come from People
Trace the roots of Nas, Angela Bassett and Valerie Jarrett into the heart of slavery.
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Finding Your Roots
We Come from People
Season 2 Episode 6 | 53m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Trace the roots of Nas, Angela Bassett and Valerie Jarrett into the heart of slavery.
Trace three guests’ roots into the heart of slavery, revealing that there is no singular narrative and challenging preconceptions of an era that shaped our nation’s sense of itself. Nas discovers a web of his slave ancestors' intimate relationship with their slave master; Angela Bassett meets ancestors whose slave family tragedy is rivaled only by a triumphant emancipation story
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Finding Your Roots
We Come from People
Season 2 Episode 6 | 53m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Trace three guests’ roots into the heart of slavery, revealing that there is no singular narrative and challenging preconceptions of an era that shaped our nation’s sense of itself. Nas discovers a web of his slave ancestors' intimate relationship with their slave master; Angela Bassett meets ancestors whose slave family tragedy is rivaled only by a triumphant emancipation story
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Preview: S2 Ep6 | 33s | Angela Bassett, Valerie Jarrett and Nas' roots run back into the heart of slavery. (33s)
Angela Bassett's Emancipated Ancestors
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Clip: S2 Ep6 | 3m 3s | Angela Bassett follows her ancestors' journey from slavery through emancipation. (3m 3s)
Nas' Enslaved Roots: "A Receipt for a Human Being"
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Clip: S2 Ep6 | 2m 52s | Nas encounters his 3rd Great-Grandmother's Bill of Sale, a devastatingly telling document. (2m 52s)
Valerie Jarrett's Groundbreaking Great-Grandfather
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Clip: S2 Ep6 | 2m 55s | Valerie Jarrett digs into the family history of her legendary Great-Grandfather. (2m 55s)
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