I am descended from American-born enslaved people from North and South Carolina. Many of my ancestors were among the 2.5 million people of African descent who were forcibly migrated and permanently separated from their families. The Antebellum Diaspora Project is a descendent reunification project with a focus on reconnecting families, amplifying the humanity of people who were enslaved during the antebellum era, and sharing negated American history through the perspectives of the people who were most deeply affected by forced migration during the antebellum era in the US.