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I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

I just broke my whole family tree, well not the whole tree but definitely the Johnson line. Family oral history says that my great-grandfather Charley Johnson was born Charley Lesane but due to circumstances in the South he changed his name to Johnson when he moved to Philadelphia. But then I found this marriage notice from Mayesville in 1916, I was definitely confused. Here was … Continue reading I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

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Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project

Some years ago I went to the Underground Railroad Museum in Philadelphia and saw these. I remember thinking that it was amazing that they had captured these words directly from those that lived it. Looking through old pictures with what I’ve learned here, I’m realizing that these are from the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project. One thing I’ve learned recently is that even … Continue reading Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project

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