Category: Slavery
Episodes of The Family Histories Podcast featuring the topic of enslaved people.
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S10EP01 – ‘The Seaman’ with Dr. Wanda Wyporska
Host Andrew meets Dr. Wanda Wyporska, who tells him about her seaman Gt Grandfather, and they’re looking for a couple in Barbados…
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S09EP05 – ‘The Testifier’ with Robin R. Foster
Andrew meets genealogist and author Robin R. Foster and hears about her formerly enslaved ancestor who testified in the Senate.
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S08EP06 – “The Homesick” with Jennifer Jones
Host Andrew meets Australian genealogist Jennifer Jones and hears about a homesick man, and asks for help to find a Captain’s origins.
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S06EP06 – ‘The Runaway’ with Teresa Vega
Andrew meets family historian Teresa Vega and hears how her runaway ancestor, and is on the trail of a man’s mysterious origins in 19th Century Manhattan.
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S06EP01 – ‘The Quilter’ with Phyllis Biffle Elmore
Andrew meets author Phyllis Biffle Elmore and hears how family stories became a beautiful heirloom, and we’re looking for a family torn apart by slavery.
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S04EP03: ‘The Resolute’ with Shaquan McDowell
Andrew meets author and genealogist, Shaquan McDowell, and hears about his 5x Gt Grandmother, Elizabeth Scott, and we’re on the trail of a Wiley Fuller in 19th Century South Carolina.
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S03EP06: ‘The Matriarch’ with Yetunde Abiola
Andrew meets Yetunde Abiola to find out what it’s like researching Nigerian and Jamaican ancestors, we hear about her matriarchal 2x Gt Grandmother, and we’re looking for an elusive ancestor in 19th century Jamaica.
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S02EP02: ‘The Granddaddy’ with True Lewis
In this episode, Andrew meets True Lewis, a family historian with African-American enslaved ancestors, and a Revolutionary ancestor, and we’re looking for Anna Maria Lambert in 18th century Pennsylvania.