Slaveholding (1780 -1865)

Gathering African American Families’ Oral Histories – The Getting Word Project: African American Stories from Monticello – Part One of Three

So many of us want to know our ancestors’ stories and find out more about where we’ve come from. DNA research has advanced our ability to find and learn about…

Prinny AndersonMarch 28, 2017

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

Brattonsville Experience

-- Story by Quest Whalen, Class of 2019, Tuskegee University, submitted kindness of Dr. Lisa Bratton, Professor, Tuskegee University Dr. Bratton shared Ms. Whalen’s essay soon after their overnight at…

Prinny AndersonNovember 16, 2016

Slavery & Its Legacies

No Account For It

While drafting the post Half-white Slaves of Aristocratic Masters at my blog, I acknowledged that Edward Ball, in his text, The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in…

Roger David HardestyJune 19, 2016

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

Saving Slave Cemeteries

Cemeteries are protected spaces. But in order for those spaces to be protected, they have to be identified. Sadly, for many reasons, many slave cemeteries are not identified, and thus,…

Andi Cumbo-FloydJanuary 27, 2016

Linked Descendants

Linked Through Stories and History

Today is Giving Tuesday, the day when we turn our focus away from purchasing and toward giving to work that we care about. We hope you will consider a donation…

Andi Cumbo-FloydDecember 1, 2015

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

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

When Places Wrap Us Together

As our car turns down the lane, I flash back to Mom in the driver’s seat, the blue Nissan van idling beneath us as we wait for the yellow behemoth…

Andi Cumbo-FloydMay 13, 2015

Healing, Repair & Action History, Culture, People, Places & Events Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents Slavery & Its Legacies

Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey, Part Two

Part One of this series is titled "Paper". It explains my family background, and how I was launched on this journey. Many thanks to the members of Bittersweet, for your…

Sarah BrownMarch 18, 2015

Linked Descendants Slavery & Its Legacies

Amazing grace

Glenda Menzies, née Strawser (1938-2012) People ask what drew me to write a biography of Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter (Lillian Carter: A Compassionate Life, McFarland & Company,…

grant.hayter-menziesFebruary 7, 2015