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(Re)Union, 1994, traces
family back to the period when we were slaves in the
Southeastern United States. I traveled through the state
of North Carolina going to archives, funeral homes,
cemeteries, and courthouses, looking through books of
vital statistics, tax records, funeral programs, and
obituaries in order to gather dates, names, anecdotes
or clues to the next step. Each person found was given
a box in which evidence of their existence, such as
birth certificates, marriage licenses, and photographs,
was placed. Objects and prints related to both their
journey and my quest surround the boxes.
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