If you have been a regular follower of my recent genealogy adventures, you will know the…
Category: Black History
US history for the black American lens. Told through my ancestors’ stories and experiences.
The 1898 Phoenix Riot: Essex Harrison, Eliza Goode, and South Carolina’s black voter suppression
The current reports of black voter suppression in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida have made me…
GA Live S02 E03: Meet Sharon Morgan from Our Black Ancestry
Episode : Meet Sharon Morgan from Our Black Ancestry In this episode, our special guest is…
GA Live S02 E01: The GU272 Descendants Project
S02 Episode 1: Meet the GU272 Descendants Project Season 2 kicked off strong with our special…
Book review: Jefferson’s Daughters
I’ve just finished my second reading of Jefferson’s Daughters by Catherine Kerrison. I have to say…
Piecing together enslaved family relations at Monticello
I have spent the past few months doing a deep dive into the early colonial enslavement…
Cuffy Pleasants: A journey from slavery to freedom in 1772
An essential aspect of genealogy is the acceptance, more than understanding, that the ancestors will not…
GA Live S01 E11: Meet the IAAM’s Family Research Center Team
Episode 11: Meet the IAAM’s Family Research Center Team We had another powerful & amazing show…
Ghosts in the DNA: The lost diversity of early colonial Virginia
Nestled along the James River, Varina is a remote and quiet part of Virginia. Its vast…