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 my family’s role in both creating democracy and denying freedom.…
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Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey
Tagged with: American Colonization Society, Ancestors, archival records, Bushrod Corbin Washington, Charlestown W.V., Claymont, Claymont Court, family history, George Washington, Jefferson County W.V., Nathaniel Washington, Rueben Hatter, Sarah Brown, slaveholding, Solomon Thompson, West Virginia
Posted in Ancestry, Colonial (Before 1770s), Connecting Across Families, Discovery & Personal Reactions, Historic Harms, Legacies, Linked Descendants, North America, Plantations, Racism, Slaveholders, Slaveholding (1780 -1865), The Journey
Posted in Ancestry, Colonial (Before 1770s), Connecting Across Families, Discovery & Personal Reactions, Historic Harms, Legacies, Linked Descendants, North America, Plantations, Racism, Slaveholders, Slaveholding (1780 -1865), The Journey
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