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Older Than Us: The Elders of the Trask 250

Nicka Smith
Oct 29, 2022
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Behind the Operation
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By the Numbers
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Demystifying Slave Trade Ancestors
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Seminial Individuals
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About this webinar

From Sago and Fatima, Randall and Esther, to Moosa and Katy, learn the ancestral story of the Trask 250 from the vantage point of their oldest traceable ancestors. These incredible individuals were born before the founding of the United States, survived the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and count more than 6,000 descendants between them.

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Nicka Smith
Nicka Smith is a professional photographer, speaker, host, and documentarian with more than 20 years of experience as a genealogist. She has extensive experience in African ancestored genealogy, revers
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  1. Jabarian Dunbar
    4 months ago

    I watched the video on YouTube and I didn’t know that I was going to find My Ancestors, Moosa and Katy Dunbar and many others who survived the Transatlantic Slave Trade and who were born before the founding of the United States. Thank You Nicka Smith for revealing the truth.

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    Crystal Williams-Jackson
    1 year ago

    Excellent as usual…Nicka is does amazing research.

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    Arlene Dukanauskas
    1 year ago

    A powerful story with excellent documentation. This is how real genealogical research is done.

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    Shi Smith
    1 year ago

    The most moving and riveting empirical evidenced-based history of the enslaved on American soil, with deed records, census records, estate transaction records that has every occurred. Groundbreaking history in the making. Nicka has done an outstanding job uncovering the undisclosed and hidden facts that deserve to be revealed as our ancestors are commissioning us to tell their stories, as they were prohibited from doing do. “I am Moosa Dunbar!” “I am Katy Dunbar!” I am the direct descendant of these remarkable people, who dared to survive through the dehumanization.

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    claire Hamilton
    1 year ago

    Lots of new information. Presented clearly and with passion.

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    Brian Boneham
    1 year ago

    An absolutely must watch again webinar, The detailed analysis and fact finding is breath taking. An amazing story!!

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    Mary K. Clark
    1 year ago

    Excellent presentation.

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    Maria Capaldi
    1 year ago

    Nicka is amazing, does she ever sleep? Lol.

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