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If Healing is to Happen, We Can’t Let the Sore Fester: an interview with Beverly Bevel

BitterSweet talked with CTTT member Beverly Bevel about her experiences researching her enslaved and enslaver ancestors. In 2019, Beverly founded “The Lewellen Project,” a non-profit organization with the mission to…

BitterSweet EditorsApril 12, 2022

Slavery & Its Legacies

Labor Exploitation in Antebellum Louisiana: “Slaves” vs. “Coolies”

*CONTENT CAUTION: Racist, dated imagery and vocabulary -- By Yvette Rubio “Besides, all the Chinese are not opium eaters, nor are all negroes dirt eaters.” Theodore Bailly Blanchard, Jr.…

Yvette RubioMarch 24, 2022

Healing, Repair & Action

Visualizing Our Histories, Our Stories — Part 4

We are continuing our series, and will be sharing artwork and writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants’ working group members. Some of us have begun to explore…

BitterSweet EditorsFebruary 24, 2022

Slavery & Its Legacies

Visiting Sully Plantation, Visiting Family Secrets

I grew up knowing I was related to Robert E. Lee. He was my first cousin, five times removed. My father spoke of how proud his father had been to…

Sarah FlemingFebruary 1, 2022

Linked Descendants

Contacting and Connecting with Linked Descendants Presentation Video

On October 24, 2021, the Linked Descendants group of Coming to the Table hosted a panel on Contacting and Connecting with Linked Descendants. The panelists included four linked pairs (the…

BitterSweet EditorsJanuary 18, 2022

Linked Descendants

A Family Tree With Roots Deep In Slavery

Originally published on NPR's Code Switch in November 2018, Nabil Ayers' story about discovering his family history, his connections to slavery, and developing a relationship with a linked descendant is…

BitterSweet EditorsJanuary 4, 2022

Slavery & Its Legacies

Visualizing Our Histories, Our Stories — Part 3

In this series, over the next several months, we will be sharing artwork and brief writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants working group members. Some of us…

BitterSweet EditorsOctober 15, 2021

Slavery & Its Legacies

History Comes ‘Round Midnight

In the beginning, the history wanted me more than I wanted the history. It came for me as a brown grandchild kept secret from her racist great grandmother, as nightmares…

Karen BrananSeptember 3, 2021

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.

If Healing is to Happen, We Can’t Let the Sore Fester: an interview with Beverly Bevel

Labor Exploitation in Antebellum Louisiana: “Slaves” vs. “Coolies”

Visualizing Our Histories, Our Stories — Part 4

Visiting Sully Plantation, Visiting Family Secrets

Contacting and Connecting with Linked Descendants Presentation Video

A Family Tree With Roots Deep In Slavery

Visualizing Our Histories, Our Stories — Part 3

History Comes ‘Round Midnight

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