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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Got Roots in Madagascar?

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Note: This blog post has been updated on 8/ 7 /2018 since its initial posting on 6/8/2014. Source: TAST Database How sure...
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Thursday, June 5, 2014

That Infamous 1890 Sinkhole

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In 1921, a huge chunk of the stored 1890 census was destroyed in a fire at the Commerce Building here in Washington, DC. More can be r...
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

A Mother’s Gift: Delivering the Next Generation With Her Bare Hands

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For Mother’s Day, I want to dedicate this special story to all of the American mothers of African descent. This story is your story; the ex...
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Monday, February 3, 2014

No Longer Forgotten: the Enslaved Laborers of “Brick House,” Union County, South Carolina

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Tonight, I was browsing the Union County, South Carolina Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1845-1853 microfilm that has been digitize...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Kissing Cousins: It Happened

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Recently, a subscriber to the   Our Black Ancestry   Facebook group generated a lengthy discussion when she posted the following questi...
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Blown Away But Not Forgotten

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  Albert Kennedy (1857-1928) and Martha “Sissie” Ealy Kennedy (1865-1895) While home in Mississippi during the Christmas holiday, I ...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The African Americans, Many Rivers to Cross – Episode 4: Gone to Oklahoma

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Last night, the fourth episode of The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross aired on PBS.  This episode, entitled Making a Way Out of No...
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