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Great-grandfather, 95, born on plantation after Emancipation Proclamation was signed, obtains his birth certificate

Great-grandfather, 95, born on plantation after Emancipation Proclamation was signed, obtains his birth certificate
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James Dorsey, 95, receives his birth certificate after years of waiting, after being born on a plantation in 1931.

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