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”
Juneteenth 2023: Part Two
Recall, last month America celebrated Juneteenth (i.e., June 19th, the date the Emancipation Proclamation was announced in Texas) as a federal holiday for the third year. I wrote during that week that my family had a few questions that we wanted to research, and I want to share with you what we discovered. First I’ll give a shortContinueContinue reading “Juneteenth 2023: Part Two”
BookTalk: They Were Her Property, Chapters 3 and 4…Bossing and Better Markets
Chapter 3. Missus Done Her Own BossingChapter 4. She Thought She Could Find a Better Market I’m winding down, and I have just a few more chapters before I finish the book I’ve been summarizing, They were her property (Jones-Rogers, 2019). I’m really excited about reading and reflecting on Chapter 5 about wetnursing, but IContinueContinue reading “BookTalk: They Were Her Property, Chapters 3 and 4…Bossing and Better Markets”
BookTalk Chapter 2: No couverture here…”I belong to de Mistis”
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a BookTalk, and I really need to get a move on so that I can start reading the other books on my list. I like to write about, take notes on, and draw my thoughts about what I read. Lucky you, that means you get to readContinueContinue reading “BookTalk Chapter 2: No couverture here…”I belong to de Mistis””
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 