ROSS SAVAGE SLAVE HISTORY AVENGED: DAUGHTER ALEGEDLY SLEW BY POTENTIAL DESCENDANT OF SLAVES HIS FOREFATHERS OWNED

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: JOHN ROSS OWNER OF 400* SLAVES ANCESTER TO RUSTY ROSS JOSEPH "RUSTY" ROSS MICHAEL "TURTLE" THORPE ROSS FAMILY'S SAVAGE SLAVE HISTORY AVENGED PRIViLEGED DAUGHTER'S ALLEGED SLAYER POTENTIAL DESCENDANT OF SLAVES OWNED BY ROSS Waldorf Carathers (SAVANNAH, GA) - Guwisguwi (John Ross) .. born in Turkeytown, Alabama,.... father, Daniel Ross, Scottish immigrant ... mother, a quarter Cherokee. Ross .. began ... business ventures, but derived the majority of his wealth from slaverly. ... . (T)he number of black men without names who were killed ... . (A)s told by the Cherokee oral tradition ... . There was one called "Turtle" .. piercing eyes .. high cheeks .. strong chin .. brown skin showed exceptional stregnth. (Ross) trading them like so many blankets or horses. ... . By 1824, it is estimated ... ... (Ross) owned between 100 and 400 enslaved blacks ... (A)s many as 15,000 enslaved blacks were taken with them. ARTICLE