Complex sentence: Hannah Bond, according to Gregg Hecimovich of Winthrop University, was born into slavery in North Carolina; a mixed-race woman with light skin, as a young adult she was held on the plantation of John H. Wheeler in Murfreesboro.
Split into simpler sentences: Hannah Bond, according to Gregg Hecimovich of Winthrop University, was born into slavery. Of mixed race and with light skin, as a young adult she was held on the plantation of John H. Wheeler in Murfreesboro.