The family reunion was established by slaves that became free after the Emancipation Proclamation. When the slave masters set them free, the former slaves went around other plantations looking for their loved ones. Most were successful in finding them and others that weren't, were able to be "adopted" into the other families. Once they found their loved ones, they would find a place to hold their picnics for the reunion. They were able to keep the recipes they created to start our tradition of "soul food" to serve at their reunions. They would get together to laugh, cry, talk, sing, and dance. They would tell stories of how they endured the trials of slavery and talk about their slave masters. From this point on, we have continued the tradions of our ancestors by continuing the family reunions and cook and serve soul food from generation to generation.
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