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# Danielle Brooks Learns the Dollar Value of Her Ancestors
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/extras/danielle-brooks-traces-her-ancestral-roots-in-mississippi/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:27:38.000Z
- Description: Danielle Brooks learns the dollar value of her enslaved fifth great-grandparents.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_afb49b6e-de6a-4af8-8277-8a61d2b80311, #extra

Danielle Brooks takes a genealogical journey to Lowndes County, Mississippi, tracing her fifth-greatgrandparents, Fraser and Susan Sharp, back to the 1850s. Finding Your Roots uncovered records indicating their status as enslaved individuals on a plantation owned by Elisha Sharp, with Fraser valued at $1350 and Susan and their three youngest children at $2000.