It's a story most in this country have long forgotten, although several generations of American slaves and their descendants knew it well.

She could feel generations of Agnes Nutter's descendants laughing at her.

At least the first generation of the freed women's descendants would be "bound to service by the overseers of the poor" until age 21.

(see below) The naval tradition continued into later generations of the family's descendants.

Restoration work on the temple is, amazingly, carried out by the 14th generation of Deepa's direct descendants.

It is owned and operating by the third generation of his descendants.

This watch, with its original recorded history, has been passed down through several generations of Caleb Hunt's descendants.

Three generations of his descendants would run the farm over the next 80 years.

Paradise has been home to generations of his descendants.

It was continued by two generations of their descendants.