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Virgina and Ohio
oral history and research
1870s
Originally from Ironton, Ohio
It amazes me that I am only four generations from the slave era.
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Eddye Taylor Fennell and Johnnye Taylor Thompson,Henry Taylor's daughters
Abbeville, South Carolina
This is documented in the archives of Abbeville, SC
1870s
Abbeville County, South Carolina
The Founding of Taylortown , South Carolina, a freed Black Community
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Archives and the Library of Congress
Washington, District of Columbia
1870s
politics during Reconstruction
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Aunt and Uncle
Bradley, Abbeville and Greenwood, South Carolina
Oral Discussion
1870s
Greenwood, South Carolina
Four Generations
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Census research- John Pyle
Kaufman Co, TX
Research - census, family research
1870s
South Carolina, then GA, MS and Texas
A white man caring for a half-brother born a slave.
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Father and Mother
Washington, DC; Greesboro, North Carolina; Lincolnton, North Carolina
Family discussions
1870s
Greesboro, North Carolina; Lincolnton, North Carolina
Abolitionist
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geneaology
New Iberia, Louisiana
1870s
Bakersfield, California and New Iberia, Louisiana
act of kindness
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I learned it from an old cousinand my grandmother's best friend.
Red Hill Community, Robertson County, Texas
Through study, family, and county records.
1870s
Robertson county,Red Hill Community, Calvert, Texas
A city within a city
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Mother, aunts, grandmother & great-grandfather
Navasota, TX & Grimes, TX
Traditional story passed down over generations
1870s
Great-grandfather from Beaumont, TX; rest of family born in CA
Texas Legislator during Reconstruction
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