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Rather than head north, many of those in bondage made a different treacherous journey in a bold quest for freedom that historians are now unearthing ....
CBS News Project identifying enslaved Texans gets emotional for one family What started as a simple search for family history a year ago is becoming a multi-generational journey of self-discovery. Last year, we told you about CBS News producer Rodney Hawkins and his family s efforts to restore their ancestral cemetery in East Texas. It s one of many projects across the country aimed at preserving historic black burial sites. Family members came from all over the United States to complete the restoration of the nearly 200-year old cemetery, Old Mount Gillion including Billy Curl, the great uncle of Hawkins. The man he was named after a sharecropper named Bill Curl was Hawkins great-great-grandfather. When his grave was uncovered last year, it brought back some unexpected memories for Hawkins grandmother. ....