In this year marking the 150th anniversary year of the Emancipation
Proclamation, we speak to NY1 anchor Cheryl Wills who uncovered the
story of her great-great-great grandparents, Sandy and Emma Wills. Sandy
was a slave who escaped from his master and joined the United States
Colored Troops to fight in the Civil War. Wills based her book, "Die
Free: A Heroic Family Tale” on thousands of documents from the National
Archives. The book’s title comes from a quote by Frederick Douglass:
"Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even die free
than to live slaves." We speak to Wills one day after the United
Nations marked its 6th annual International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
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Source: Democracy Now!
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