Research by Irish historian reveals US vice-president’s slave-owning ancestor Hamilton Brown was born in Co Antrim in 1776
Ms Harris is the daughter of Donald J Harris, who was born in Jamaica, and Shyamala Gopalan Harris from India.
Brown emigrated to Jamaica, then a British colony, and became an enthusiastic slave owner on the sugar plantations that were the mainstay of the island’s economy.Leading Democratic donors swing behind Kamala Harris He gave his name to Brown Town in Jamaica, and he is buried in the interior of St Mark’s Anglican Church, which he built with his own money.
Donald Harris wrote: “My roots go back, within my lifetime, to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy and to my maternal grandmother Miss Iris .
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