Decades Ago, My Great Grandfather Left America

This is why he chose to leave

My grandmother’s father used to tell her that his father descended from the Maroons, a strong, fierce, courageous, and fearless people who had made their way from the slave plantations of America, the Caribbean, and South America back to Africa. Some braved the Underground Railroad, made their way up to Nova Scotia in Canada, and boarded a ship back to …