Towards the end of the American Civil War, the Hairstons, a unique family from Scotland, owned over 42 plantations and over 10,000 slaves in Virginia, North Carolina, and Mississippi. Through feature interviews from both Black and white Hairstons, Princess A. Hairston traces the many characters, events, and experiences of her family. As many truths are retold, both sides of the family find it difficult to contend with the ugly face of slavery. Tracing the Hairstons chronicles the unique story of the only family with the name Hairston to arrive in America. They set themselves apart from many other European settlers as the family experiences a unique journey to becoming one of the largest slave-holding families in American history. The descendants of the white Hairstons open up about their troubled ancestry and the descendants of the enslaved tell their ancestor’s stories that have been silenced for far too long. Tracing the Hairstons reveals the struggles and triumphs of a family that is connected together through the worst atrocity in American History. We learn why this dynamic family sets itself apart to be one of the most unique and largest family names in American history as the director herself peels away the layers of her ancestral history.
Director | Princess A. Hairston
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