Mending Broken Ties: Reconstructing Family Trees Sawed by Slavery

Melvin J. Collier
Jul 31, 2015
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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The Case of John Jack Bass
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Freedman's Bank Records
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1870 Census
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Leave No Stone Unturned
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Court Document
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Will of Council Bass
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Family Migrations
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Will
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Court Records
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Frederick Mayo Will
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Slave Sale Ad
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Slave Sale Petition
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1880 Census
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Freedman's Bank Records
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1870 and 1880 census
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Texas Voter Registration List
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DNA
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Family Tree
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Another Sister Found
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1870 census
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Descendants
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Tom Bowden
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Freedmen's Indexing Project
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

All slaves had family members who were sold away or transferred to the slave-owners' heirs, never to be seen again. Many even took different surnames. It was not uncommon for two displaced brothers to retain different surnames after Emancipation. Collier will present cases of how displaced family members were found.

About the speaker

About the speaker

A native of Canton, Mississippi, Melvin J. Collier is the author of: Mississippi to Africa, A Journey of Discovery (see www.mississippitoafrica.com)
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