Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke says he was recently given documents showing that he and his wife, Amy, are descendants of slave owners.
Washington Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on Sunday said he was recently given documents showing that he and his wife, Amy, are descendants of slave owners, writing in a Medium post that the legacy of slavery"now has a much more personal connection."
The post by O'Rourke says his paternal great-great-great grandfather owned two women, Rose and Eliza, in the 1850s and it's likely his maternal great-great-great grandfather owned slaves in the 1860s. O'Rourke writes that his wife Amy had an ancestor who owned slaves and another who fought in the Confederate Army.Beto O'Rourke Fast Facts"I benefit from a system that my ancestors built to favor themselves at the expense of others," the former Texas congressman said.
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