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The Leffingwell House in Norwich, Connecticut A blessing of tracing genealogy back to colonial America is that so much of its documentary history has been so richly excerpted in published…

grant.hayter-menziesSeptember 9, 2015

Slavery & Its Legacies

In the blog BitterSweet: Linked Through Slavery, we primarily focus on linked relationships between black and white people connected through US slavery—those descended from enslaved people or slaveholders who are…

Felicia FurmanJune 28, 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 Slavery & Its Legacies

Coming to the Table Leads in Push for HR 40 Reparations Study

I am posting for Pam Smith. She says, "Ahhh the woes of not being a techy in a technological world! A few little glitches prevented me from posting this directly…

Felicia FurmanJune 14, 2014

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

Looking for Links: First Steps

Introduction This is the first of three posts about my initial efforts to identify linked descendants connected to my slave-owning ancestors on my father’s side of the family in South…

Felicia FurmanApril 25, 2014

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

Research & Finding Documents

Bittersweet Memories

When I was a small child, there was an old woman I remember seeing when we visited my grandfather’s house on the Southside of Chicago. She was extremely quiet, very…

Sharon Leslie MorganNovember 9, 2013

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

Remembering their names

When I joined Coming To The Table over two years ago, I began a journey—a journey into the lives and times of my slave-holding ancestors and, most important for me,…

grant.hayter-menziesOctober 22, 2013