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Mending Broken Ties: Reconstructing Family Trees Sawed by Slavery

Melvin J. Collier

Jul 31, 2015

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Welcome

2m 32s

Speaker's Introduction

2m 20s

Introduction

5m 5s

The Case of John Jack Bass

1m 25s

Freedman's Bank Records

5m 22s

1870 Census

3m 52s

Leave No Stone Unturned

2m 35s

Court Document

5m 49s

Will of Council Bass

5m 50s

Family Migrations

3m 20s

Will

1m 23s

Court Records

2m 26s

Frederick Mayo Will

2m 40s

Slave Sale Ad

1m 49s

Slave Sale Petition

1m 43s

1880 Census

2m 51s

Freedman's Bank Records

1m 46s

1870 and 1880 census

2m 46s

Texas Voter Registration List

1m 37s

DNA

2m 37s

Family Tree

2m 1s

Another Sister Found

2m 21s

1870 census

1m 33s

Descendants

1m 32s

Tom Bowden

7m 19s

Freedmen's Indexing Project

2m 45s

Announcements / prizes

8m 56s

Questions / answers

8m 3s

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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

Melvin J. Collier

A native of Canton, Mississippi, Melvin J. Collier is the author of: Mississippi to Africa, A Journey of Discovery (see www.mississippitoafrica.com ) 150 Years Later: Broken Ties Mended (see  www...

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