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BLEAK HOUSE – LINKED FIRST BY PLACE, THEN BY HEART (3)

Posted on December 8, 2015 by prinnyanderson — 2 Comments

Part 3 – Connecting with the Descendants of the Bleak House African American Community               Part 1 narrated what happened when Alice and Jon Cannon bought Bleak House, the remnant of Bleak House Plantation, and then found a book with the…

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Posted in Connecting Across Families, Contemporary (1970- present), Linked Descendants, Plantations, The Journey

BLEAK HOUSE – LINKED FIRST BY PLACE, THEN BY HEART (2)

Posted on November 24, 2015 by prinnyanderson — 6 Comments

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, and then found a book with the names of its…

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Posted in Ancestry, Enslaved People, Farms, Free People of Color, Intimacy & Family Life, Plantations, Reconstruction/”Redemption” (1866- 1890), Slaveholding (1780 -1865)
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