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The Power of Names

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I wanted to share this record I found while searching the Toa Alta baptism records again. In all my years of researching, I have rarely come across an entry this detailed for a slave’s baptism. Four years ago, I posted “Whispers of the Past” where certain entries for slaves in the Registry of 1872 contained …

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Finding Your Roots: Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons

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This was probably one of my favorite episodes from the Finding Your Roots series so far! Mostly because it helped three African Americans find some roots in certain Africa tribes. Granted, some could have other mixtures from other African slaves brought to the US which married into the family through other lines, seeing as how …

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