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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II: Revival and Resiliency After Rejection
Originally posted by tsmithjohnson at Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II: Revival and Resiliency After Rejection
Originally posted by tsmithjohnson at Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II: Revival and Resiliency After Rejection
As many post-election Americans feel distraught and confused after the election of Donald Trump, Moral Monday Architect Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II provides ( Read more... ) -
ANCESTRY ANTHOLOGY: PLANTATION OWNERS #6: THOMAS EDWARD BLACKSHEAR - 123 SLAVES
Originally posted by tsmithjohnson at ANCESTRY ANTHOLOGY: PLANTATION OWNERS #6: THOMAS EDWARD BLACKSHEAR - 123 SLAVES
Originally posted by tsmithjohnson at ANCESTRY ANTHOLOGY: PLANTATION OWNERS #6: THOMAS EDWARD BLACKSHEAR - 123 SLAVES
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ANCESTRY ANTHOLOGY: TEXAS PLANTATION OWNERS #2: REUBEN ANDERSON-150 SLAVES-ROBERTSON COUNTY
Originally posted by tsmithjohnson at ANCESTRY ANTHOLOGY: TEXAS PLANTATION OWNERS #2: REUBEN ANDERSON-150 SLAVES-ROBERTSON COUNTY
Originally posted by tsmithjohnson at ANCESTRY ANTHOLOGY: TEXAS PLANTATION OWNERS #2: REUBEN ANDERSON-150 SLAVES-ROBERTSON COUNTY
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Elizabeth Keckley
‘Mrs. Keckley Has Met With Great Success’
By JOAN PAULSON GAGESteven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” has cast a spotlight on a remarkable African-American woman who played a key role in influencing the president’s views on emancipation, bought her way out of slavery and fought to improve the lot of her people. And yet, when heroes of the Civil War era and ( Read more... ) -
Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806
by Tom Reiss
November-December 2012He was the son of a black slave and a renegade French aristocrat, born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) when the island was the center of the world sugar trade. The boy’s uncle was a rich, hard-working planter who dealt sugar ( Read more... ) -
Emory University Expands Its African Origins Database
From The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education:
"Last year Emory University in Atlanta debuted its African Origins website. The site contained a database of more than 9,000 Africans who were enslaved but later freed by the Courts of Mixed Commission in Havana, Cuba, and Freetown, Sierra Leone. Researchers took the names from ships’ registers and ( Read more... )
