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Treasure Chest Thursday: Family and National Treasures

It’s spring break for us so we decided to take a road trip to Washington, D.C. where I took my little treasures to see a national treasure, the National Archives.  We all were in awe of the Declaration of Independence, … Continue reading

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"Wench" – Stranger than fiction truth about slavery

Just as I’m finishing up the 700-plus paged tome, The Hemingses of Monticello (only 200  more pages to go!), I’ve found another ancestor-related book to add to my research list.  This one is a début novel, Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez … Continue reading

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