Emancipation
Juneteenth
At the time of this order, my BRYANT family lived in Nueces and Refugio Counties, Texas, and my SANFORD families were both slaves and slaveholders in Milam County, Texas.
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Jun
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June 19, 2008 Thursday at 6:58 pm
Trying Again Pays Off Again: Updating "The French Negroes of Illinois"
Last year, I did a major series on the so-called “French Negroes of Illinois,” focusing on the Micheau family of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. In that series, I traced the origins of the French Negroes of Illinois from slaves brought from Haiti by Pierre Renault, who was seeking silver and gold. Also in that series, I recounted the story told …
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December 27, 2007 Thursday at 12:54 am
