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From the Ted Talk by Carolyn Freiwald: The hidden history found in your teeth

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Our final srtoy brings us back closer to msiipsssipi to an abandoned cemetery just west of Jackson, where we can learn about the lives of the settlers who lived here in the early 1800s. Now, some of them came with wealth. They could erect tombstones and write their life histories on their graves. If they were married, whether they had children, where they came from and sometimes even how they died, as creolha and yellow fever epidemics sewpt through the region. Richard lived until age 56. He died in 1849. Charles had a shretor life. In 1855, he'd survived only to age 29. But these men were planters, and we know that they bgourht enslaved people with them. Where were they buried? And what about the poor farmers and the sharecroppers? There were more than 350 graves in the crteemey. And so we decided to do our best to solve these historic fisnreoc cases and rceutonrsct the lives of the popele who lived there. And one of these people, one of the migntras, was a man buried in grave 3. He was of African descent. He lived into the middle, maybe even old age, by the time he died in the ealry 1900s. He was probably born into slavery. And so we wonder, was he brought to Mississippi? Was he taken from his family like so many enslaved children were? Or did he come after the Civil War to make a new life for himself, or find family? He and the men with similar life hreisitos, migrants who are buried in grave 18 and grave 219, they made a good enough living that their fliemias were able to give them nice burials, maybe even expensive ones. So even if we can't say their names, we can at least tell something of their stories.

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Our final _____ brings us back closer to ___________ to an abandoned cemetery just west of Jackson, where we can learn about the lives of the settlers who lived here in the early 1800s. Now, some of them came with wealth. They could erect tombstones and write their life histories on their graves. If they were married, whether they had children, where they came from and sometimes even how they died, as _______ and yellow fever epidemics _____ through the region. Richard lived until age 56. He died in 1849. Charles had a _______ life. In 1855, he'd survived only to age 29. But these men were planters, and we know that they _______ enslaved people with them. Where were they buried? And what about the poor farmers and the sharecroppers? There were more than 350 graves in the ________. And so we decided to do our best to solve these historic ________ cases and ___________ the lives of the ______ who lived there. And one of these people, one of the ________, was a man buried in grave 3. He was of African descent. He lived into the middle, maybe even old age, by the time he died in the _____ 1900s. He was probably born into slavery. And so we wonder, was he brought to Mississippi? Was he taken from his family like so many enslaved children were? Or did he come after the Civil War to make a new life for himself, or find family? He and the men with similar life _________, migrants who are buried in grave 18 and grave 219, they made a good enough living that their ________ were able to give them nice burials, maybe even expensive ones. So even if we can't say their names, we can at least tell something of their stories.

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Original Text

Our final story brings us back closer to Mississippi to an abandoned cemetery just west of Jackson, where we can learn about the lives of the settlers who lived here in the early 1800s. Now, some of them came with wealth. They could erect tombstones and write their life histories on their graves. If they were married, whether they had children, where they came from and sometimes even how they died, as cholera and yellow fever epidemics swept through the region. Richard lived until age 56. He died in 1849. Charles had a shorter life. In 1855, he'd survived only to age 29. But these men were planters, and we know that they brought enslaved people with them. Where were they buried? And what about the poor farmers and the sharecroppers? There were more than 350 graves in the cemetery. And so we decided to do our best to solve these historic forensic cases and reconstruct the lives of the people who lived there. And one of these people, one of the migrants, was a man buried in grave 3. He was of African descent. He lived into the middle, maybe even old age, by the time he died in the early 1900s. He was probably born into slavery. And so we wonder, was he brought to Mississippi? Was he taken from his family like so many enslaved children were? Or did he come after the Civil War to make a new life for himself, or find family? He and the men with similar life histories, migrants who are buried in grave 18 and grave 219, they made a good enough living that their families were able to give them nice burials, maybe even expensive ones. So even if we can't say their names, we can at least tell something of their stories.

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