Lowcountry Africana visits plantation where Michelle Obama 's slave roots began . It makes Friendfield Plantation a symbol of something more than servitude . Her great-great grandfather is believed to have been a slave on Michelle Obama 's . Anywhere from 500 to 200 slaves lived on the plantation over the 19th century . He likely lived in a tiny white-washed slave house on the property .
Lowcountry Africana visits plantation where Michelle Obama 's slave roots began . Her great-great grandfather is believed to have been a slave on Michelle Obama 's . Anywhere from 500 to 200 slaves lived on the plantation over the 19th century . He likely lived in a tiny white-washed slave house on the property .