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Cape Cod Church Explores Reparations For Sins Of Its History Chuck Ross discovered that his 9th great grandfather, John Freeman, enslaved a man of African descent named Hamsheir. Freeman was one of the founders of First Parish Brewster, and his grave is in the churchyard. The church has identified other enslaved people in its history as part of a reparations project. Jennette Barnes / GBH As American institutions take steps to deal with this country’s racist past and present, some Cape Codders are looking at their own community history and working not only to change, but also to atone. Chuck Ross is walking the old burial ground at First Parish Brewster, a Unitarian Universalist church, looking for the grave of his ninth great-grandfather.

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