Recent questions tagged african-american

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Melanie Paul is a Wonderful WikiTreer

asked Jul 5, 2020 in Appreciation by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Nae X is a Wonderful WikiTreer

asked Jul 5, 2020 in Appreciation by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Arora Anonymous is a Wonderful WikiTreer

asked Jul 5, 2020 in Appreciation by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Jack Day is a Wonderful WikiTreer

asked Jul 3, 2020 in Appreciation by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Fann Fann is a Wonderful WikiTreer

asked Jun 29, 2020 in Appreciation by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Carl Dickason is a Wonderful WikiTreer

asked Jun 29, 2020 in Appreciation by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Looking for records of my maternal grandfather Robert Amos originally from Long Green Maryland

asked Jun 28, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Jacqueline Brown G2G Rookie (280 points)

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2 answers

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Stephanie Ward is a Wonderful WikiTreer

asked Jun 26, 2020 in Appreciation by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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census taker error in spouses age forcing us to wait to create profiles?

asked Jun 23, 2020 in Genealogy Help by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Does anyone have family tree links to Corbin in Pittslyvania County VA

asked Jun 23, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Amy Rule G2G Rookie (280 points)

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is this Moses Ward the same Moses C. Ward, brn 1840/1 MD?

asked Jun 21, 2020 in Genealogy Help by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Alexander Lucius Twilight (1795-1857) NEHS “Vermont’s Alexander Twilight “The First Black College Graduate in America”

asked Jun 14, 2020 in The Tree House by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (686k points)

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ways to connect Slave Holders to the Enslaved Persons they held in order to facilitate finding 1870 Brick Wall EPs?

asked Jun 14, 2020 in Policy and Style by ShiraDestinie Jones G2G6 Mach 2 (27.1k points)

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Looking for information about Martin Luther King Jr.'s great-grandfather Jim Long

asked Jun 11, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Sarah Heiney G2G6 Mach 5 (53.5k points)

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came across this site today and thought some of you might have missed it

asked Jun 9, 2020 in The Tree House by E. Lauraine Syrnick G2G6 Pilot (122k points)

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Slaves (Freed/Freeing) & Colonizing

asked Jun 9, 2020 in The Tree House by Arora Anonymous G2G6 Pilot (165k points)

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Slave Narratives, from & by the slaves

asked Jun 7, 2020 in The Tree House by Arora Anonymous G2G6 Pilot (165k points)

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4 answers

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Building the African American Civil War Soldiers Database

asked Jun 5, 2020 in The Tree House by W Robertson G2G6 Pilot (122k points)

+9 votes

1 answer

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Lousiana history/dictionary-louisiana-biography

asked Jun 4, 2020 in The Tree House by Arora Anonymous G2G6 Pilot (165k points)

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Christopher George Latore Wallace (1972 - 1997) Notable aka “Notorious B.I.G)

asked May 23, 2020 in The Tree House by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (686k points)

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Lesane Parish (Crooks) Shakur (1971 - 1996) Notable aka “2Pac”

asked May 23, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (686k points)

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1 answer

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Tenor Abro (1779 - 1795) African Slave buried in Wethersfield Village Cemetery

asked May 6, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (686k points)

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1 answer

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Primus Unknown (abt. 1661 - 1731) African Slave Buried in Wethersfield Village Cemetery

asked May 6, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (686k points)

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2 answers

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African Slave Francois Unknown (1761 - 1816) buried in Wethersfield Village Cemetery Died Enslaved

asked May 6, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (686k points)

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1 answer

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Samuel Wells (1775 - 1880) African American died Age 105; RUNAWAY Slave?

asked May 6, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (686k points)

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Can you connect James Avery, aka Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

asked May 1, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Liz Marshall G2G6 Pilot (112k points)

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4 answers

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Slave, servants, domestics

asked Mar 24, 2020 in WikiTree Help by Sherry Miller G2G4 (4.4k points)

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2 answers

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On this day in Black History: Happy Birthday, Private Lemuel A. Ashport of the famous 54th!

asked Mar 21, 2020 in The Tree House by K Raymoure G2G6 Mach 2 (20.2k points)

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Question Re: Slavery in the American South

asked Feb 21, 2020 in The Tree House by Craig Albrechtson G2G6 Pilot (104k points)

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1 answer

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African Americans living in Colonial Anne Arundel Maryland Households

asked Feb 7, 2020 in Policy and Style by Beth Stephenson G2G6 Mach 6 (69.3k points)

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1 answer

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Free access to Fold3 Black History Collection through February

asked Feb 6, 2020 in The Tree House by Darlene Athey-Hill G2G6 Pilot (543k points)

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Black History Month - Free Records

asked Feb 6, 2020 in The Tree House by Living Moore G2G6 Pilot (210k points)

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4 answers

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It’s Black History Month... so why Johann Runeberg as profile of the week?

asked Feb 4, 2020 in Policy and Style by Jana Shea G2G6 Mach 3 (35.7k points)

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Could someone with access to better resources find the parents of Leolar Fullylove?

asked Feb 4, 2020 in Genealogy Help by Mira Dunn G2G1 (1.3k points)

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1 answer

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Have you seen the New York Times recent obituary for Plessy-1 Black History Month

asked Feb 3, 2020 in The Tree House by Jacqueline Girouard G2G6 Mach 7 (75.9k points)

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1 answer

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Black History Month is almost here! Want to do some PA-related research for a Black Civil War regiment? Part II

asked Jan 28, 2020 in Genealogy Help by K Raymoure G2G6 Mach 2 (20.2k points)

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3 answers

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Black History Month is almost here! Want to do some PA-related research for a Black Civil War regiment? Part I

asked Jan 28, 2020 in Genealogy Help by K Raymoure G2G6 Mach 2 (20.2k points)

+11 votes

7 answers

1.2k views

How to incorporate slavery history into Wikitree?

asked Jan 28, 2020 in The Tree House by David Thomson G2G6 Mach 1 (16.2k points)

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4 answers

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Who Am I? I've had numerous movies, books, and tv shows written about me and our exploits as fighter pilots during WWII

asked Jan 1, 2020 in Requests for Project Volunteers by Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz G2G6 Pilot (835k points)

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3 answers

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Connecticut marriage records for Charles F. Johnson?

asked Dec 25, 2019 in Genealogy Help by K Raymoure G2G6 Mach 2 (20.2k points)

+10 votes

1 answer

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High quality database on the slave trade

asked Dec 9, 2019 in The Tree House by Barry Smith G2G6 Pilot (294k points)

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Thomas Griffith and African-American Kings

asked Nov 9, 2019 in Genealogy Help by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (463k points)

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Do we have a group project for First Freed Slaves

asked Oct 26, 2019 in Requests for Project Volunteers by Debra Pate G2G6 Mach 2 (25.2k points)

+29 votes

3 answers

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Moving news story about genealogy

asked Oct 20, 2019 in The Tree House by Barry Smith G2G6 Pilot (294k points)

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3 answers

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Race Riots and Massacres

asked Oct 5, 2019 in Requests for Project Volunteers by Lita Christopher G2G4 (4.5k points)

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Do we need to do to update the "Slave" named Categories to "Enslaved" and "Slaveholder"?

asked Sep 26, 2019 in WikiTree Tech by Mags Gaulden G2G6 Pilot (645k points)

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Excellent article on the beginnings of Slavery in Virgina

asked Aug 19, 2019 in The Tree House by LJ Russell G2G6 Pilot (219k points)

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Help with this profile

asked Aug 19, 2019 in Genealogy Help by Kim Williams G2G6 Mach 6 (62.6k points)

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Have you heard about the 1619 Project?

asked Aug 16, 2019 in The Tree House by Jana Shea G2G6 Mach 3 (35.7k points)

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4 answers

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Toni Morrison, Author of "Beloved", Dead at 88

asked Aug 6, 2019 in The Tree House by Deb Durham G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)