Ben Affleck Leaves Jennifer Lopez At Home For Boys Night Out With The ap used historical public records to independently confirm that cole was affleck's ancestor. 'i didn't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves,' affleck said. Here’s how the associated press, using census records and other documents, connected affleck and cole — men born more than 150 years apart. —1857: benjamin l. cole of savannah, georgia, marries georgia a. speissegger. they are affleck’s great great great grandparents. public records show cole had been married at least once previously.
Jennifer Lopez Jokes About Ben Affleck S Happy Face After Memes Us Affleck’s great great great grandfather benjamin cole gained custody of his mother in law’s 24 slaves upon her death in 1858. the will instructed him to turn them over to his three sons when. Ultimately, affleck got his wish and his slave owning ancestor was edited out of his finding your roots episode, censoring his history to appease his mild unease. when the emails came to light. None are safe from the sony hack, as ben affleck found out last week when leaked emails revealed his request to have a slave owning ancestor edited out of the pbs program finding your roots. Here’s how the associated press, using census records and other documents, connected affleck and cole — men born more than 150 years apart. 1857: benjamin l. cole of savannah, georgia, marries.
Ben Affleck Walks Samuel 10 To School In Father Son Moment None are safe from the sony hack, as ben affleck found out last week when leaked emails revealed his request to have a slave owning ancestor edited out of the pbs program finding your roots. Here’s how the associated press, using census records and other documents, connected affleck and cole — men born more than 150 years apart. 1857: benjamin l. cole of savannah, georgia, marries. Linda ge. april 22, 2015 @ 12:40 pm. a day after apologizing for asking pbs to remove mentions of his slave owning ancestor on the genealogy series “finding your roots,” ben affleck has. Reuters. ben affleck has revealed the name of his ancestor who owned a slave. writing on facebook he said: "lots of people here have been asking who the guy was. "his name was benjamin cole.