Dr. Jones-Rogers ends her book, They Were Her Property, by detailing how white female slaveowners managed the denouement of slavery. She provides some history tidbits regarding the nation’s internal fight over the issue of slavery that I found interesting. For example, Jones-Rogers describes Abraham’s Lincoln’s efforts to quell Southerners’ fears about his intentions, citing thatContinueContinue reading “BookTalk: They Were Her Property Chapters 7 & 8 + Epilogue”
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BookTalk: They Were Her Property, Chapters 5 and 6…Wet Nurses and Selling Slaves
*All book quotes are taken from Chapter 5: “Wet Nurse for Sale or Hire” and Chapter 6: “That ‘Oman Took Delight in Selling Slaves” of They Were Her Property.1 It’s been a loooooong time since I’ve summarized a chapter in this book, but let’s get back into it! In Chapter 5 of They Were HerContinueContinue reading “BookTalk: They Were Her Property, Chapters 5 and 6…Wet Nurses and Selling Slaves”
Reconstructing the Life of George Wheaton: Part I
Extract from the Reconstructed Constitution of the State of Louisiana with Portraits of the Distinguished Members of the Convention and Assembly; Lithograph, 1868; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1979.183. Retrieved from http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/1/17819. Recently, my family and I took a vacation that we called our “Civil Pursuits Trip”. We visited Civil War and Civil Rights sites in Mississippi, Alabama,ContinueContinue reading “Reconstructing the Life of George Wheaton: Part I”
My Family’s Juneteenth History
“Mom, remember you said you were going to take us to a Juneteenth parade this year,” the kids reminded me. “Yes, I did say that,” I sighed out loud, but I thought to myself, “but, I had forgotten.” Not wanting to break any (more) promises, I combed through the 2019 area event calendars for somethingContinueContinue reading “My Family’s Juneteenth History”
BookTalk Introduction…They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
I used to really love reading as a child – mysteries, growing up stories, horror novels. After high school, though, the academic readings required for my college classes seemed to zap away my interest in books. Now that I reflect on it a bit more, I think a bigger part of my disenchantment with readingContinueContinue reading “BookTalk Introduction…They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South”
The Genealogy Griot 