Note a couple of items on this marker produced in 1994. The text questions the status of these First Africans as being enslaved or indentured and one should note that until 1661 the Virginia Colony had no laws pertaining to the institution of race based slavery or any other form of slavery. The second item …
Month: March 2018
It is a rainy day and I have now relocated to New Orleans. It’s not all work, as you might imagine life in the Big Easy, but there are opportunities to further the research here and I am compelled to take advantage. To that end, I attended St. Augustine Catholic Church yesterday—a historic congregation founded …
The state of Louisiana’s trove of history is incomparable. A vast number of the historic structures have been preserved and there is no finer example than in the City of New Orleans. If all one did was spend the days ogling the buildings of the 18th and 19th centuries that rise from the narrow cobble …
After five weeks, I am heading north, but not before I spend a few more days “down south” and then a little time exploring in the Carolinas. I continue to be amazed with the amount of water in the lower southern states. Of course, I should be prepared having studied U.S. geography, but that was …
Forty-three days, eight states, 13 cities, an estimated 4,000 miles, 14 repositories, five churches, three dozen cemeteries, and eight speaking engagements! Sounds like a lot, right? It was amazing and yet none of this holds a candle to the people I met and the stories they had to tell. In the current world of chaos …