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Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage: Keynote Speaker
June 7 - June 8
- Stephanie Gilbert will keynote and also present a workshop at the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage Conference on June 7 and 8, 2024.
- How to find enslaved family members using genealogical methods
- Stories about enslaved people (on an individual basis) with connections to genealogy
- Connecting American Slavery to today
- Sources of genealogical information relevant to connecting descendants with their enslaved and freed ancestors
- Historical information about the Underground Railroad and its effect on enslaved and freed people
- Land records and connections to slavery
- Enslaved and freed people and their connections to the world (Caribbean, Africa, South American, Europe
- Art, dance religion, literature, musical connections to freed people
