Descendants Quote by Maya Angelou

I am the descendant of slaves, of people that were born from a slave and a slave master.

— Cory Booker

I am a descendant of slaves. My great grandmother Mary Thomas, born in 1865, was the child of a slave. That is just three…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

I was a slave. I was sold in China in 2007 as a child at 13 years old.

— Park Yeon-mi

I am very happy to be an American. I realize what a valuable inheritance that is.

— Anand Giridharadas

I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed…

— Robert Ballard

My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an…

— Leonard Nimoy

I came to America to make it my home, and I did.

— Yakov Smirnoff

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part…

— Paul Robeson

I'm descended from southern slaves, and I'm descended on my mother's side from northern European Protestant immigrants.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

My parents came from the south. So their ancestors were actually slaves in this country.

— Isaac Wright Jr

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the…

— Emily Mortimer