Kamala Harris’s father, Donald Harris, a Stanford University academic born in Brown’s Town, Jamaica, has spoken about his ancestry on several occasions. The town itself is named after Hamilton Brown, who is purported to be Kamala Harris’s great-great-great-great-grandfather. This connection to a man who owned over 120 slaves and vehemently fought against the abolition of slavery is both historically significant and politically sensitive.
Brown travelled to London to protest against the abolition of slavery and then turned his attention to Irish migrants when he was no longer allowed to enslave Africans, Mr McCracken told the Belfast Telegraph.
‘He had numerous slaves, in fact Hamilton Brown routinely travelled back and forth to London to protest the abolishment of slavery.
‘He would come back to Ireland to take migrants back to Jamaica to work once slavery was abolished.
A quote refers to him as “making slaves of migrants” in Ireland.’
In 2019, it was reported that Brown owned at least 121 slaves in 1826.
KAMALA’S ANCESTORS WERE SLAVE OWNERS
Kamala Harris’s father, Donald Harris, a Stanford University academic born in Brown’s Town, Jamaica, has spoken about his ancestry on several occasions. The town itself is named after Hamilton Brown, who is purported to be Kamala Harris’s great-great-great-great-grandfather. This connection to a man who owned over 120 slaves and vehemently fought against the abolition of slavery is both historically significant and politically sensitive.
Brown travelled to London to protest against the abolition of slavery and then turned his attention to Irish migrants when he was no longer allowed to enslave Africans, Mr McCracken told the Belfast Telegraph.
‘He had numerous slaves, in fact Hamilton Brown routinely travelled back and forth to London to protest the abolishment of slavery. ‘He would come back to Ireland to take migrants back to Jamaica to work once slavery was abolished.
A quote refers to him as “making slaves of migrants” in Ireland.’ In 2019, it was reported that Brown owned at least 121 slaves in 1826.
The revelation of Kamala Harris’s ancestral ties to a notorious Irish slave owner serves as a poignant reminder of the intricate and often uncomfortable realities of history. https://finishtherace.com/ella-ford/unveiling-the-past-kamala-harris-and-her-familys-legacy-of-slave-ownership/