Part I: Facing Slavery and Finding Amanda

Posted on January 28, 2014 by eannneel — 2 Comments

This post is the first of three pieces on 1) how I discovered slavery in my heritage, specifically focusing on a woman named Amanda owned by my ancestor Thomas Jackson and his second wife Courtney Robertson; 2) what more that official…

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Part I: Facing Slavery and Finding Amanda