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 ancestors toiled on my family’s plantations in South Carolina. This…
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Linked Through Slavery–The Last Furman Slave Owner
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Posted in Finding documents & doing research, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants, Slavery & its legacies
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants, Slavery & its legacies
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
