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Ancestry.com Apologizes for Ad Romanticizing Slavery

Ancestry.com Apologizes for Ad Romanticizing Slavery

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Apr 23, 2019
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Ancestry.com Apologizes for Ad Romanticizing Slavery
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Ancestry.com issued an apology following backlash over an advertisement that romanticizes slavery. The advertisement, which has been taken down from YouTube, was titled “Inseparable” and takes place during the 1800s. The commercial shows a white man and a Black woman named Abigail meeting each other secretly in a misty town. The man tells Abigail that h…

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