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Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents

Another “Our Black Ancestry” Miracle!

A couple of weeks ago, Sharon Morgan emailed me to let me know that someone had posted information on her Our Black Ancestry website that linked my slave owning Furman ancestors…

Felicia FurmanFebruary 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

Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey

In 2010, an archive of rare documents passed down in my family for over 250 years arrived at my home in Austin. Reading them I came face to face with…

Sarah BrownFebruary 1, 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

Research & Finding Documents

Linked Through Slavery–The Last Furman Slave Owner

This is the final post in my series of three on the connection of my father’s family to slavery —a 110-year legacy— and my search for African American descendants whose…

Felicia FurmanOctober 23, 2014

Slavery & Its Legacies

Anthony Anaxagorou, a surprisingly erudite, young scholar, 'schools us' in a broader appreciation of what shapes belief structures we circulate blithely as cultural currency. Watch what he has to say on the evolution…

Roger David HardestyOctober 1, 2014

Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents

Linking through the Internet: A Miracle

My internet connection had been down all day. I was beginning to get very perturbed—for a lot of reasons. One was that author and genealogist Sharon Morgan was going to…

Felicia FurmanSeptember 8, 2014

Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents

The Furman Slave Legacy Continues

In my previous post about the Furman family's slave legacy, I wrote about my first ancestor in South Carolina, Wood Furman, and his connection to slavery. In this post, I…

Felicia FurmanSeptember 8, 2014

Sharing personal stories about our past & present connections to slavery & racism in this country.

Facing hard truths with honesty & compassion, so healing may begin.

Studying the role of enslavement in the evolution of the United States & its enduring legacy.

Another “Our Black Ancestry” Miracle!

Amazing grace

Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey

Cleaning House

Linked Through Slavery–The Last Furman Slave Owner

It’s NOT All Greek to Me

Linking through the Internet: A Miracle

The Furman Slave Legacy Continues

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