Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery. Leo’s own family history includes both enslaved people and slave owners.
According to genealogical research published by Henry Louis Gates Jr., 17 of Leo’s American ancestors were Black, listed in census records as mulatto, Black, Creole or a free person of color. His family tree includes slaveholders and enslaved people, Gates wrote in The New York Times.
You can’t always tell someone’s ancestry from their appearance. Plenty of white/white-passing people, especially in the Americas, have recent black ancestors. Take this Appalachian community, for example.
Yes , so as in the Roman period
but the pope is American , and unless he can track his family record 600 years in behind it is unlikely the any of them were slaves
I mean come on , white slaves ? in the new world ?
leo’s own family history includes enslaved people ? how ? and where ? he’s white !
You can’t always tell someone’s ancestry from their appearance. Plenty of white/white-passing people, especially in the Americas, have recent black ancestors. Take this Appalachian community, for example.
Whites have been slaves for a long time. You can start with reading up the history of the Irish.
Yes , so as in the Roman period but the pope is American , and unless he can track his family record 600 years in behind it is unlikely the any of them were slaves
I mean come on , white slaves ? in the new world ?