At 2 years old, Matilda McCrear was kidnapped in 1860 by slave traders in West Africa. Along with her parents and three siblings, Matilda was forced to make the long and dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean on the bottom of a slave ship.
At 2 years old, Matilda McCrear was kidnapped in 1860 by slave traders in West Africa. Along with her parents and three siblings, Matilda was forced to make the long and dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean on the bottom of a slave ship.
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