O.C. Gilbert: Speaker, Musician, Black Community Organizer in Saratoga - New York Almanack
Month: August 2023
Around Ambler Article
Dresher resident Stephanie Gilbert featured twice in the Washington Post for visiting her enslaved family’s former estate - Around Ambler
Washington Post Reaction – More Than a House Story
Opinion | More than a house story - The Washington Post
The Post – Wellington. New Zealand – Losing a valued piece of her family history
She cherished the home where her family fled slavery. Then a stranger bought it. | The Post
Overwhelmed with Gratitude – Washington Post Reaction
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! With the release of yesterday's digital Washington Post, which trended on Apple News as the top story for most of the day, and today's front cover of the Washington Post print edition, our family extends our deepest thanks for the...
Washington Post Article
Part 5 – How I Came to Possess the Autobiography and Other Assorted Miracles
Part 1 l Part 2 l Part 3 l Part 4 "Slavery wasn't discussed. It was painful and shameful. You knew not to ask anything about anyone who wasn't here before a certain period. We knew we had a slave in the family, but we didn't discuss it' shared Cousins Bertha and...
Part 4 – How I Came to Possess the Autobiography and Other Assorted Miracles
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 I consulted a much older cousin, my father's contemporary, about the validity of the claims within this 'Grandfather Gilbert' narrative. Who'd written this? And who was Oliver Cromwell Gilbert? That cousin, Bertha Gilbert Jones, explained...
Part 3 – How I Came to Possess The Autobiography and Other Assorted Miracles
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Ethel Hawkins, then 70 years old, the Philadelphia Black history artifact collector, verbally shared a passage from the autobiography which led Fernald to believe Hawkins was holding one of the most powerful links to the antebellum south and the...