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This background is
an Adinkra symbol meaning
Girls Basketball
Team -- Bunceton Missouri circa 1930.
Afro-Americans
in Missouri
The history of my father's family --
the WILSONS begins on a shorthorn cattle farm called Ravenswood,
in Bunceton, a small town in Cooper County, Missouri.
After nearly 7 years of research, I can now identify
many of the people who were slaves on Ravenswood. Who Were the Slaves on Ravenswood?
Part I”
Who Were the Slaves on Ravenswood? Part II Unchained Memories" May 27, 2005 (Missourian) The impact of slavery and the growth of African American communities in the aftermath of the Civil War, Emancipation, and the Antebellum period is of great interest to me. However, I continue to feel that slavery and its impact on the making of American culture and its people has been seriously underestimated. I
do know that along with thousands of other African Americans
who have roots in Missouri, detailed information about these
community histories would help us understand when, why, and how our
ancestors survived slavery along the Missouri River in counties
such as Buchanan, Jackson, Lafayette, Saline, Callaway, Chariton,
Cooper, Howard, Boone,
If you come across any original slave bills of sale, probate and land ownership records you can post them below!
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Here are some very old sketches of some of my ancestors. I was blessed and touched to receive an excellent creative writing picce by my cousin Kamara Jones entitled the Color of Emancipation! I believe these members are my Pamunkey Indian
relatives from Farquier County, Virginia. The
back of the sketchings notes "1787" -- I have no information
on the artists etc. If you have any information
on these sketches or timepieces like these --
please let me know! Submit a Query
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