{"id":2247,"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2010-05-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T04:00:00","slug":"from-cnn-when-kin-of-slaves-and-owner-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/from-cnn-when-kin-of-slaves-and-owner-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"From CNN: When Kin of Slaves and Owner Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Betty (left) and Phoebe Kilby, descendants of slaves and slave owners, connected in 2007 and are part of Coming to the Table<\/a>, an EMU\/CJP program devoted to healing the wounds of slavery and its aftermath. <\/div>\n

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The following is an excerpt of this CNN article<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Betty Kilby was gripped with apprehension. Descendants of the white family that enslaved her kin were coming to dinner. <\/p>\n

She scrolled through a mental Rolodex of relatives who might flip out. Her brothers had already asked her: Why would you want to meet the family of those who held our loved ones in bondage? <\/p>\n

"When they ask that question," she says, "you kind of scratch your head. It makes sense. Why would you want to do that?" <\/p>\n

Read the full CNN article…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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