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 our family members to an extraordinary extent, but family stories…
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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 Historic Brattonsville on Friday, September 12, and participation in “By the…
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, they are particularly vulnerable to destruction.
Tagged with: slave cemeteries, Slaveholding (1780 -1865)
Posted in Legacies of Slavery, Racism & Injustice, Setting & Place
Posted in Legacies of Slavery, Racism & Injustice, Setting & Place
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, and like most of the attendees, not someone I knew.…
Tagged with: "Side" & Linked Families, Bleak House Plantation, Dr. James B. Rogers, Enslaved People, Free People of Color, Intimacy & Family Life, plantations, Slaveholders, Slaveholding (1780 -1865), William Michie
Posted in Contact, Connection, Relationship, Discovery & Impact, Historic People & Places, Research Experiences, Setting & Place
Posted in Contact, Connection, Relationship, Discovery & Impact, Historic People & Places, Research Experiences, Setting & Place
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 of a school bus to mount the hill in the…
