It’s America: Everyday is Black History Day.
All of this effort, excellence, and memory can’t be crammed into the shortest month of the year– nor can it be recounted on one day.
African Ancestors
Seven Key Principles of AfroIndigenous Genealogy
Seven points for learning about enslavement through genealogy that connects past and present through our ancestors.
African Ancestors, Afro-Indigenous Ancestry, Black ProGen LIVE, Civil War, Slavery, Violence
A Constant Threat of Erasure Pt 3: Claude Neal & the Rippling Out of the Civil War, Jackson County Florida
As part of Black ProGen Live’s project, Ep. 83b Stories from the National Institute for Peace and Justice, I’m researching
African Ancestors in San German: Juan Tomas Gandulla and his Family
Recently, my cousin Maara asked me to explore her great grandmother’s line, Maria Monserrate Malave Ayala, and that of her
African Ancestors, Afro-Indigenous Ancestry, Race & Ideology, Slavery, Violence
Paul Rucker: Stories from the Trees
This morning I sit with the work of Paul Rucker, who manifests the realities behind terminology, and the coercive, body
The escape of Juan de la Rosa: A Runaway Slave Ad from Moca, December 1842
“Anuncios” In December 1842, after much planning, Juan de la Rosa finally decided to do something about his situation. He
Stories in a Box: Caja 1289, Slavery and the Hernandez family
In reviewing a transcription of notary documents, I came across a pair of Hernandez sisters whose sale of property in
Gaining Freedom: gleaning narratives from Caja 1444, Moca, Puerto Rico, 1848-1854
Cartas de emancipación: Letters of Freedom As three historians of Cuban slavery recently wrote,”Los notarios eran parte de este sistema
Tree Climbing With DNA Cousins: Family Across Several Continents
If your Puerto Rican ancestor is on this list, then we’re related! Since the mid-2000s, my digital family is expanding,
African Ancestors in Moca, Puerto Rico, 1852-1859
Context of a transcription: African Ancestors in the first book of deaths Back in 2006, while researching mundillo (lacemaking) in