Details About Ben Affleck’s Family History Of Slave Ownership
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, 2022-08-22 02:00:00,
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez recently celebrated their wedding again in a ceremony for their close friends and family, however, the location of the wedding has caused a bit of controversy.
On August 20, Affleck and Lopez tied the knot again at Affleck’s 87-acre property in Georgia, though many people wondered why the couple chose to be married at the actor’s plantation-style home.
The mansion, which was built in 2000, was designed by Atlanta-based architect James Strickland to resemble a southern plantation. It was described as “a remarkable re-creation of a Southern antebellum Greek Revival plantation home.”
Affleck purchased the home in 2003 for $7 million, and at the time had still been dating Lopez before the two split the following year.
While the property itself has no direct ties to slavery — aside from drawing inspiration from antebellum times — Affleck does, making the home a somewhat odd choice of wedding venue.
Ben Affleck’s ancestor was a slave owner.
In 2015, Affleck appeared on the PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” where host Henry Louis Gates Jr. discovered that one of Affleck’s ancestors had been a slave owner.
He came under heavy fire after a leaked email exchange showed that Affleck had asked his team behind the PBS show to not include the part of the episode where the information about Affleck’s slaveowner ancestor is revealed.
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