Sharon Morgan - BitterSweet

Healing Historic Harms Through Research — Sharon Leslie Morgan

Sharon Leslie Morgan moved to Noxubee County, Mississippi to research her ancestors’ history. Morgan’s great-great-grandmother, Betty Warfe Gavin, was enslaved there, and gave birth to 17 children. The father of…

Sharon Leslie MorganJanuary 4, 2021

Healing, Repair & Action

Science May Enable Reparations

Reviewing a Book Review A few days ago, I got an email from a friend who has become a leader in the field of researching African American family histories, up…

Prinny AndersonFebruary 17, 2016

Research & Finding Documents

Linked Through Slavery–The Last Furman Slave Owner

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…

Felicia FurmanOctober 23, 2014

Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents

Linking through the Internet: A Miracle

My internet connection had been down all day. I was beginning to get very perturbed—for a lot of reasons. One was that author and genealogist Sharon Morgan was going to…

Felicia FurmanSeptember 8, 2014