Sally 'Redoshi' Smith One Of The Last Survivors Of The Slave Trade
Redoshi was kidnapped when she was 12 years old, sold to an Alabama banker, and renamed Sally Smith.U.S. Department of Agriculture/National ArchivesRedoshi, appearing in a 1930s public information film called “The Negro Farmer” produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
American slavery officially ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but the nation’s history with the practice has undeniably impacted generations to come. Millions of lives, spanning centuries, were irrevocably altered.
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