BORN INTO SLAVERY – ROUTED IN LOVE
We are the ancestors of the historical horrors
birthed into arms of a chattel society
born amidst slave blocks
fields of cotton and tobacco
delivered into waiting hands of pain and dome
We are the ancestors of the historical horrors
chased into woods, along rivers, through valleys
led into freedoms curtained with provisions
Women of the Diaspora, men of the homeland
searching the darkness for a nonexistent light
We are the ancestors of the historical horrors
born into slavery, rooted in love
blessed with the hopes only family offers
nourished with caring, thriving on trust.
We are the future of our mothers and fathers
bearing the burdens of those left behind
forging a kinder, more peaceful existence
remembering the slavery, nurturing the love.
From the book “ONE DAY”
by Shirley Howard Hall
We are the ancestors of the historical horrors
birthed into arms of a chattel society
born amidst slave blocks
fields of cotton and tobacco
delivered into waiting hands of pain and dome
We are the ancestors of the historical horrors
chased into woods, along rivers, through valleys
led into freedoms curtained with provisions
Women of the Diaspora, men of the homeland
searching the darkness for a nonexistent light
We are the ancestors of the historical horrors
born into slavery, rooted in love
blessed with the hopes only family offers
nourished with caring, thriving on trust.
We are the future of our mothers and fathers
bearing the burdens of those left behind
forging a kinder, more peaceful existence
remembering the slavery, nurturing the love.
From the book “ONE DAY”
by Shirley Howard Hall
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