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Family separated by slavery

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My last name is Moore

Because during the Civil War

My Great Grandfather (age 10) was a slave

On the Gordon plantation, and some jerk with the last name of Moore paid

$500 dollars for a kid that was good with a horse

That transaction split up a family in Tennessee and changed the whole course

Of my family’s history 

Beyond ‘emancipation’ the Gordon’s remained a mystery 

To our family for a few scores and a century!

Until my father, our family’s genealogist

Did some research online, and discovered historical records at some colleges 

Birth and death certificates, and DNA cousins on Ancestry.com

They had an annual family reunion in Nashville and invited my dad along!

Dad said it was so odd to walk around the hotel lobby, where the reunion occurred 

To meet so many strangers that looked and sounded like us was almost absurd!

Whose cousin are you?  How are we kin, friend? My dad said several folks asked?

My dad replied, ‘We might be related to a young child that was sold as a slave in the not too distant past!’

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love_supreme says:

True words. Excellent write.

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