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I found a connection via story on this website about the Ginwright Family
Found Connections To Jack Leonard As A Result Of African American Lives
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I heard the strory from my mother and her siblings.
He delivered goods baked by his mother-in-law to the White House.
Oral family history.
1890s
Caroline County, VA. Grandfather DOB 5/4/1881.
Maternal grandfather said he was Irish/Indian/African. (Irish Overseer).
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Mother, Grandmother
New York, Ontario Canada
Oral and census records
Six Nations Indian Reserve in Ontario, Canada
African Canadian
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My aunt Lily Geneva Whitely and then the true story from Toronto newspaper
Battle of Vimy Ridge in France
Relative narrations then research
1917
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
African Americans that left America for Canada
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My Father, my cousin
Stafford Plantation, Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia
Oral History, 1860 Slave Census
Valdosta, Georgia, Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia.
Native American / African Americans Pilgrimage / Reunion to Cumberland Isla
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my mother
Nigeria
my family in Nigeria
1900s
Nigeria
Becoming an American African
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My mother
suburb of Buffalo, NY
It is the story of my own father's background
1960s
From upstate New York (ancestors from Wales)
Discovered I am part African American
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my mother
Washington, D.C.
a traditional story that has been passed down over generations
1873
Washington County, an area in Washington, D.C.
An African-American slave who escaped slavery and became very successful
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My Mother who is 86yrs old
Africa & Savannah Ga
told to me by my Mother
1900s
Savannah Georgia
It Is about My Grandfather who told my Mother (Never forget you are African
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