Ancestors
Kindred
Kindred noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
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- No Equal Opportunity Time Travel: Kindred covers the perils of time traveling while black — the black protagonist goes to 19th-century Maryland to meet her ancestors, one of whom is a white slave owner.
Source: Creator / Octavia Butler - Octavia Butler covers the perils of time traveling while black in the 1979 novel Kindred - the black protagonist goes to 19th-century Maryland to meet her ancestors, one of whom is a white slave owner.
Source: No Equal Opportunity Time Travel
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