What were some folks doing on the historic day of January 1, 1863? Why, selling ye ol’ slaves, of course. “President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January… Read more “Just Another January Day in 1863”
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23 Dec 1837 Division of Enslaved~Dorcas Turner Estate~Northampton, North Carolina
TRANSCRIBED: Pursuant to the annexed Order We the undersigned have proceeded to view value + divide the slaves among the petitioners therein named as follows to wit,… Read more “23 Dec 1837 Division of Enslaved~Dorcas Turner Estate~Northampton, North Carolina”
Juneteenth: A Realization
Over 150 years after the enslaved peoples of America received news of their freedom in Texas, the United States has made Juneteenth a national holiday. You’d be… Read more “Juneteenth: A Realization”
The River: 1856
Another woman belonging to Capt. P. simultaneously with the disappearance of this girl also clandestinely left Greensville with her three children, and set off for the North… Read more “The River: 1856”
ADOS LEGACY
I am the dream and the hope of the slave. ————Maya Angelou, Still I Rise American descendants of slavery or ADOS is an organization founded by Yvette… Read more “ADOS LEGACY”
The Genealogy Situation Room 