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Old 05-22-2015, 02:31 PM
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Trivia- one of my ancestors, Abraham Op den Graef, was a signatory on the first public petition against slavery in the colonies, in 1680 (in Pennsylvania).
That is very cool. My ancestors didn't get here till the late 1880's on my mom's side and the late 1910's on my dad's side.
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