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One way we white #genealogists can actively break through our old conceptions & #WhiteSupremacist notions of history is to publicize our enslaving ancestors. As we see how many we have, we& #39;ll come to understand the prevalence of enslavement in white history. #blacklivesmatter 
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This may take the form of #microblogging on @instagram or @Facebook, or posting here. I will be posting my enslaving ancestors on all 3 - in pairs, because husbands & wives were equally culpable. I& #39;ll start with direct ancestors, then go ancillary. Join me? #familyhistory /2
My 5th ggparents enslaved 3 humans in Rankin MS, 1840 - 1 boy under 10, 1 girl under 10, 1 woman 24 - 35. They had no enslaved persons listed in 1830 - they must have been "ascendant." Interestingly Joseph & Elizabeth were illiterate. #familyhistory #racism #HistoryMatters
In 1820, William Williams & Ruth Pickard enslaved 9 humans, 1 per family member. By 1830, they had 0. Ruth& #39;s parents were cousins. William& #39;s 2nd wife was also a Pickard. Orange NC & Lewis/Maury TN were full of Pickards who enslaved. #familyhistory #racism #HistoryMatters
In 1820, Samuel & Polly enslaved 1 girl aged 14 - 25 on a "farm" in Overton TN. In 1830, that rose to 2 boys <10, 1 girl <10, & 1 girl 10 - 23. Why did they have #enslaved children? House servants? Were any Samuel& #39;s kids? #familyhistory #racism #historymatters
Many of my #ancestors did their own labor, but I& #39;m posting these to provoke a question in the minds of all white #genealogists: to what extent were our ancestors complicit in a system of unpaid, enforced labor that not only built their economy, but today& #39;s economy? #familyhistory
Insurance companies got their start insuring the #enslaved as property. They& #39;re huge in our current economy. Those who traded goods, oversaw on plantations were also complicit. Some were simply vocal in favor of enslavement, in politics or journalism. Food for thought & research.
Did your family move from a city to suburbs in white flight? Were their neighborhoods redlined so blacks couldn& #39;t move in? Did your ethnicity tie your ancestors together in a culture of anti-black racism? Did they use old-world slang for "black" & hand it down? That& #39;s #racism.
Examining my #enslaving #ancestors I see the ages of the enslaved, my ancestors& #39; education levels, whether they willed enslaved ppl to the next gen. I& #39;m learning more abt the texture of their lives but more importantly, I& #39;M LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE NORMALIZATION OF #slavery.
Please, PLEASE, never say "my ancestors were too poor to enslave ppl," as if that& #39;s a ticket out. Also, "they only had 1." And "they were nice enslavers" is https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐂" title="Ochse" aria-label="Emoji: Ochse">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💩" title="Dreckshaufen" aria-label="Emoji: Dreckshaufen">. It& #39;s lazy nonsense. Privilege exists NOW. If you say these, I& #39;ll have to rip you a new one, and I& #39;m really very busy.
I& #39;m keeping this thread going as long as I have ancestors or thoughts. My last thought of the night: #IWelcomeAllCousins. I have black cousins though I& #39;m 100% N/W European bc my male ancestors raped enslaved women. I want to find those common ancestors. If our DNA matches, DM me.
I want to help my cousins understand their complex history. I want us to be family if they choose. Our job as #genealogists is to seek truth diligently. White folks, pls use this time to wake up to your ancestors& #39; truths & use that knowledge to grow & help others. #familyhistory
Mary Ann said she hoped her life pleased Almighty God, then willed "1 negro girl named Charity & her increase" to son Samuel "& heirs forever to be delivered when he reaches the age of 21 yrs." Samuel was 4. Sister Sarah Philpott got Hettie when reaching 16yrs, in 1772. #slavery
Mary Ann& #39;s tx to Sarah incl all of Hettie& #39;s increase & was for all of Sarah& #39;s heirs 4ever, too. She didn& #39;t see enslaved people as temporary staff until they had enough kids to do the farm work - this was absolutely a way of life. Mary Ann couldn& #39;t read, btw. #familyhistory
Who were the 4 & 10yo kids who expected to run enslaving households that young? How did Charity & Hettie feel, being willed like chairs to children of an illiterate white woman? #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #RacismInAmerica #HistoryMatters
1820: They enslaved 4 boys <14, 1 man 26 - 44, 2 girls <14, 1 woman 14 - 25, 1 woman 26 - 44; 9 each family & enslaved. 1830: 14 family members, 0 enslaved. Only one of their children was an enslaving householder. #slavery #familyhistory #HistoryMatters
I don& #39;t know what this means. Did the Williams& #39; see slavery as an optional workforce? They certainly benefitted from it, regardless. Also, the Census says "persons engaged in agriculture"& only counts the white folks. Because only white folks were PERSONS. I JUST noted that.
A video about what I& #39;m doing and how I& #39;m doing it. Also, an invitation to white #genealogists to do the same. #reparations #genealogy #FamilyHistory #WhitePrivilege #racism #slavery #enslavement #Patreon . @Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/38107015 ">https://www.patreon.com/posts/381...
Wiley Odom was born illegitimate to Elizabeth Williams in 1867. He grew up in his gparents& #39; house. A few years ago, my uncle& #39;s #DNA helped me locate his dad, Isaac Brown Odom. Since then I& #39;ve connected to a nexus of intermarried enslaving families. #genealogy #HistoryMatters /1
Those surnames incl Tullos, Odom, Thornton, Cook, Purvis & more from SC > MS > TX. Hopefully this will aid black #genealogists in finding their #ancestors. SHARE YOUR RESEARCH. #FamilyHistory #ReparationalGenealogy #GeneticGenealogy #BlackGenealogy #enslavement #slavery /2
Cousins. 1820+30 censuses show they enslaved 1 man in Maury & Lawrence TN. Henry& #39;s 1833 will left "my son Absalom my waggon and our black man." A nameless, enslaved man with no term to his bondage & a wagon. #HistoryMatters #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #familyhistory
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I& #39;ve just made a critical change: no more "slaveholder" - that still imputes a slave identity to the forcibly enslaved. From now on I& #39;m using "enslaver." Please feel free to use this graphic. #WordsMatter #HistoryMatters #enslaver #enslavement #slavery
