The wayback machine preserved the original research. Actually pretty interesting.
President Obama’s 11th maternal grandfather might have been an indentured servant who was later sentenced to slavery for not fulfilling his contract, as happened of course to many Irish indentured servants as well (and literally thousands back in England dating back to the 14th century at least). Of course, Obama’s ancestor’s children were freepersons because this was apparently a judicial sentence (all specific records have apparently been lost).
Worth reading for sure!