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The Leffingwell House in Norwich, Connecticut A blessing of tracing genealogy back to colonial America is that so much of its documentary history has been so richly excerpted in published…

grant.hayter-menziesSeptember 9, 2015

Slavery & Its Legacies

I Can’t Hide Mine, Please Don’t Hide Yours: An Open Letter to Ben Affleck

"We need formerly slaveholding families to come to the fore, not hide." Amen, my brother Michael. View Michael W. Twitty's original post

grant.hayter-menziesApril 23, 2015

Linked Descendants Slavery & Its Legacies

Amazing grace

Glenda Menzies, née Strawser (1938-2012) People ask what drew me to write a biography of Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter (Lillian Carter: A Compassionate Life, McFarland & Company,…

grant.hayter-menziesFebruary 7, 2015

Linked Descendants

Cleaning House

1651 Peter Lely (English artist, 1618-1680) Elizabeth Murray, Lady Tollemache I was never taught that slavery existed in the north. I was taught that it was a southern phenomenon, and…

grant.hayter-menziesNovember 30, 2014

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

Remembering their names

When I joined Coming To The Table over two years ago, I began a journey—a journey into the lives and times of my slave-holding ancestors and, most important for me,…

grant.hayter-menziesOctober 22, 2013