The Business of Enslavers: Acquiring Human Inventory

LaDonna Garner, M.A.
Free

Investigate the methods and documentation in which enslavers acquired their commodities of African Descent to enter the economic system of slavery.

Fri, December 12 2025: 19:00 UTC

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About the speaker

LaDonna Garner, M.A. is a Historic Consultant focused on historical preservation and genealogical research in and outside Southeast Missouri. She lectures often on both subjects at conferences, society events, online courses, and one-on-one consul
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Sarah Elizabeth Grant, also known as Betsy, was born enslaved in 1837 in Greene County, Georgia. In 2022, a tweet from the Smithsonian Transcription Center shed light on a letter she wrote to the Freedmen’s Bureau, showing up on the timeline of one of her great-nephews: Orice Jenkins. Further research by Orice revealed Betsy’s complex story, as the daughter of an enslaved woman and a free man of color, who sued her enslaver after emancipation. Various resources were used to determine the identity of her parents, including DNA results, court records, Freedmen’s Bureau records, newspapers, and the new Full-Text Search feature on FamilySearch, leading to the uncovering of a historical phenomenon in the Grant family.
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