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Follow Friday: Andrew Jackson Wishes

May 5, 2017 By dionneford

President Donald Trump's comments earlier this week lauding the seventh president Andrew Jackson reminded me of a document I recently found at the Library of Congress website while trying to track down anything about my great, great grandmother Tempy Burton's family.  The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, family history, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Jackson, Civil War, Donald Trump, Eliza Burton, Library of Congress, Lost Friends, MD, Robert C. Hilliard, Southwestern Christian Advocate, Tempy Burton

Follow Friday: Immigrants and Slaves

March 31, 2017 By dionneford

Remember earlier this month when Ben Carson equated immigrants and slaves?  My ancestors are both, and Literary Hub published my essay where I explore the differences in the context of my family's history. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ben Carson, immigration, Literary Hub, slavery

Treasure Chest Tuesday: The family historian

March 14, 2017 By dionneford

Yesterday's New York Times article "A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Georgetown" reminded me just how much genealogy is a group effort.  It took a network of people, from descendants of the enslaved and slave owners to historians and archivists to get that remarkable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry Tagged With: Georgetown University, Herbert Gutman, Lewis Stirling, Louisiana, Michael Willis, Osbern Sterling, Patrice Bayonne-Johnson, Rachel Swarns, Sterling Family, The New York Times

Treasure Chest Thursday: The MacDowell Colony

February 16, 2017 By dionneford

My first real writing job out of college was a part time position at my local daily newspaper.  I called the cops twice a day in our county to see if anything interesting had happened in the past 24 hours and I wrote obituaries.  Every now and again, my editor assigned me a light … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, Uncategorized, writing Tagged With: James Baldwin, The Daily Record, The MacDowell Colony, Thornton Wilder

Hello, again.

January 27, 2017 By dionneford

About a year ago, I realized that my blog was broken. I tried to figure out what was wrong with it, but alas, life had given me other priorities. I had a Master of Fine Arts degree to finish, and a thesis project to submit that was different than what I was working on in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: African American History, Ancestry, Brazil, family history, writing Tagged With: Caroline Grant, Godfrey Cheshire, Ilsa Brink, New York University Creative Writing Program, Simon Romero, Sustainable Arts Foundation, The New York Times, Tony Grant

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