The life of my maternal great-great grandfather, Ursin Augustin, continues as he struggles through the tearing apart of his family while enslaved. After reuniting with them in 1865, he plotted his own destiny, by purchasing a plantation, in a competitive and sometimes, unscrupulous world that he hadn’t been trained for. Legacy means an amount of money or property left to someone in a will. Even though he had to contend with a lawsuit by Dr. Joseph Moncla, his former owner, he continued to fight to secure a legacy for his family. The first part of Ursin’s story has been told in the Parents for Ursin Augustin.
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