Silvia King

Silvia King was stolen from her husband and three children in Morocco North Africa. She was enslaved in Bordeaux, France before she was sold to traders who chained her and took her to America. The ship she was on docked in New Orleans where she was stripped naked and sold to a man from Fayette County, Texas (La Grange, TX). She and others were then chained together and marched from Louisiana to Texas on foot (about 450 miles). We did not descend from her, but her story is probably much the same as some of our ancestors. This is a long read, but worth it. #BlackHistoryMonth2021