The engravings of blacks were the first that caught my eye. They were among a group of eight from a book published in the late 19th century by a woman named Mary A. Livermore, a…
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Reader asks about black Georgia ancestors named Jarrell
Posted in Black history, Family, and slavery
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
A Georgia cotton plantation so close to home
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Black history, and slavery
I almost stepped foot on a cotton plantation last week. I was headed to a bookstore in my hometown of Macon, GA, when at the foot of the exit off I-75, I spotted the sign…
My friend Rebecca had seen something on the wall at the history library that she was eager to show me. We were attending a Juneteenth emancipation conference sponsored last weekend by the Library Company of Philadelphia, and I…
Slaves in George Washington’s house
Posted in history
I never made it to the excavation of the spot on Independence Mall in Philadelphia a couple years ago where the first president had a home back in the 18th century. As a newspaper online editor…