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History, Culture, People, Places & Events

BLEAK HOUSE – LINKED FIRST BY PLACE, THEN BY HEART (2)

Part 2 – Finding the Descendants of the Bleak House Community Part 1 narrated what happened when Alice and Jon Cannon bought Bleak House, the remnant of Bleak House Plantation,…

Prinny AndersonNovember 24, 2015

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

BLEAK HOUSE – LINKED FIRST BY PLACE, THEN BY HEART (1)

Part 1 - Finding the House, Looking for the People At the Telling the History of Slavery conference, the woman I sat next to looked to be about my age,…

Prinny AndersonNovember 17, 2015

Research & Finding Documents

Up in Smoke: Slavery Researchers Decry Burning of Historical Records

- by Pam Smith Posted on January 10, 2014 by psmith30 (Post first written on January 4, 2014) I am fighting back tears and my stomach is in knots. Most…

BitterSweet EditorsJanuary 12, 2014