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Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Fincher in the USA, 1683-1900
Author: Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave
Author: Hank TrentPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807151041
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The American Anti-Slavery Society originally published Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave in 1838 to much fanfare, describing it as a rare slave autobiography. Soon thereafter, however, southerners challenged the authenticity of the work and the society retracted it. Abolitionists at the time were unable to defend the book; and, until now, historians could not verify Williams's identity or find the Alabama slave owners he named in the book. As a result, most scholars characterized the author as a fraud, perhaps never even a slave, or at least not under the circumstances described in the book. In this annotated edition of Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave, Hank Trent provides newly discovered biographical information about the true author of the book -- an African American man enslaved in Alabama and Virginia. Trent identifies Williams's owners in those states as well as in Maryland and Louisiana. He explains how Williams escaped from slavery and then altered his life story to throw investigators off his track. Through meticulous and extensive research, Trent also reveals unknown details of James Williams's real life, drawing upon runaway ads, court cases, census records, and estate inventories never before linked to him or to the narrative. In the end, Trent proves that the author of the book was truly an enslaved man, albeit one who wrote a romanticized, fictionalized story based on his real life, which proved even more complex and remarkable than the story he told.
Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania, Volume 1, 1682-1709
Author: Craig W. HorlePublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512817007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Author: Richard Henry GreenePublisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. KaminkowPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316673
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.
The Fancher Family Origins
Author: Paul Buford FancherPublisher:
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Encyclopedia of American Family Names
Author: H. Amanda RobbPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
The definitive guide to the 5,000 most common surnames in the United States. With origins, variations, rankings, prominent bearers and published genealogies.
The Ancestors and Family of J. Alvin Hardin
Author: Dorothy Hardin MasseyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
James Alvin Hardin (1892-1984) was the son of Horace Leslie Hardin and Emma Test of Henry Co., Indiana. He married Mabel Macy, the daughter of John W. Macy and Jennie Green of Straughn, Henry Co., Indiana. He was the descendant of several Quaker lineages. Several generations of descendants are given.
The Ross Family and Allied Lines
Author: Wanda Williams ColvinPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
John Ross was born ca. 1757 and died 11 February 1835. He married Nancy who was born ca. 1761. Their descendants lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and other areas throughout the United States.
The Edmondson Family Association Bulletin
Author: M. Patricia HumphreysPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Edmondson (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, and Scotland; some were Irish Quakers. In the 1600's-1800's, some immigrated to New Brunswick (Canada), and to Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Later descendants also lived in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington D.C., Wisconsin, and elsewhere. Some have African American bloodlines. Some have American Indian bloodlines.