Connecting
Articles
“Lessons Take Root As Students Dig Urban Lot”
Story of linked descendants in Kansas.
Some Americans Directly Confronting Legacy of Slavery
Betty and Phoebe Story
“Descendants of Slaveholder Join to Note History”
Story of descendants of enslaved people and slaveholders with ties to Jacksonville’s historic Kingsley Plantation.
“Slave-owner Heirs find Harmony over History”
Friersons descents, both white and black, come together in Tennessee at church gathering.
“Two Families Named McCain”
White and Black McCains with a common link to a former plantation in Teoc, Mississippi.
10 Questions for James Baker
James Baker learns he has African American relatives and attends a family reunion.
Article/Book
Shared Blood
Feature on Ed Ball, author of Slaves in the Family.
Web Resources
From slavery to reconciliation
Story of reconciliation from a descendant of two slave-owning families from Charleston, South Carolina.
