Abstract
Abstract This essay explores issues of race, power, and history and focuses on ancestry in Canaan’s Hill, a Black community descended from slaves on the adjoining plantation of Hickory Hill in Middle Virginia. It examines the idea of reparations and, in so doing, addresses nuances of the slave culture at Hickory Hill, as well as the enduring historical impact that the institution of slavery has had on American institutions in general and on common attitudes found among white Americans. These larger issues are highlighted by juxtaposing them with brief portraits and oral histories of specific family members and illustrating the effects that transgenerational trauma has had on multiple areas of their lives, including health and medical, economic, and political.
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