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 all of them was Robert Louis Gavin, a white man…
Blog Archives
Healing Historic Harms Through Research — Sharon Leslie Morgan
Tagged with: African Americans, Ancestors, Enslaved People, family history, linked descendants, North America, Our Black Ancestry, rape, Sharon Morgan, Slaveholders, Slavery
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
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 to and beyond the “brick walls” of slave lists that…
Tagged with: African Americans, Alondra Nelson, Ancestors, DNA, genealogy, Reparations, Sharon Morgan, The Social Life of DNA
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action
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 ancestors toiled on my family’s plantations in South Carolina. This…
Tagged with: Abraham "Able" Taylor, African Americans, Ancestors, Anderson Bates, Carrie Anderson, Chaila Dankins, Charles Manning Furman, Cherrydale, Civil War, Dora Bates Owens, Ed Ownens, Ella Harriet Batles, Emma Furman, Essie Bates Perrin, Fairfield County, Furman University, George Furman, Greenville SC, Henry J. Furman, Herbert Perrin, I.K. Furman, J>K> Furman, James C. Furman, James Fisher, James Furman, James Montgomery, James Taylor, John Furman, Lewis Evans, Liddie Bates, Lydia Saunders Taylor, Maria A Furman, Marshall Bates, Nat Bates, Prince Taylor, Providence, Ria Bates, Richard Furman, Sharon Morgan, Smith Bates, Sumter County, Thomas Bates, Thomas F. Furman, Trina Roach, Viola Furman, William Furman, Willie Bates, Winnie Bates
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
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 help me scour the internet to look for possible linked…
Tagged with: Dr. Samuel Furman, James C. Furman, Sharon Morgan, Trina Roach
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Linked Descendants
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Linked Descendants
