I am posting for Pam Smith. She says, “Ahhh the woes of not being a techy in a technological world! A few little glitches prevented me from posting this directly to the BitterSweet blog. As an active member of CTTT I…
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Looking for Links: First Steps
Introduction This is the first of three posts about my initial efforts to identify linked descendants connected to my slave-owning ancestors on my father’s side of the family in South Carolina. These ancestors are Wood Furman (1712 – 1783), Richard…
Tagged with: Coercion, Enslaved People, Furman University, Glasgow, James C. Furman, Jinny, Moll, North America, plantations, Punishment & Sale, Richard Furman, Sirrah, Slave Trader, Slaveholders, Slaveholding (1780 -1865), Slavery, South Carolina, Wood Furman
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants
Who Are “Linked Descendants”?
… (T)he great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise, since…
Tagged with: Ancestors, Community, Connections, Dialogue
Posted in Healing, repair & action, Slavery & its legacies
Posted in Healing, repair & action, Slavery & its legacies
