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This photograph was given to me by my mother shortly before her death. She said the woman is a relative of the family, and the photograph was given to her by her mother. My grandmother was under the impression the woman was a relative of my grandfather, her husband and my mother's father. Could possibly be my great-grandmother, Melissa Willis-Aaron, who died giving birth to my grandfather, John Wesley Aaron. If anyone recognizes this photograph or has any information about this woman, please email me.

First Female Buffalo Soldier: Cathay Williams

Born into slavery around Independence, Missouri in 1842. Her mother was a slave named Martha Williams and her father is unknown, some researchers believe he was a manumitted Negro. Read the story.

John & Sarah: A Family's Journey to Freedom

Sarah was born into slavery on the North Carolina plantation of a physician, Dr. Joseph Hawkins, on November 6, 1827.   Read the story.

The Enslaved People of Patton Plantation

Slavery in Brazoria County, Texas. This fascinating and helpful website provides data resolved from tax rolls, deeds, probate minutes, personal narratives, bonds, censuses and other sources to document the slaves that worked on the Patton Plantation and their lives.   Read the story.

Willie Lynch, Reputed slave owner in the British Isles, West Indies.  What he had to say in 1712

According to an essay appearing in "Brother Man: The Odyssey of Black Men in America; An Anthology", Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies who came to the United States to tell American slave owners how to keep their slaves under control. The term "lynching" is derived from his name.  Read the story.

Once Zulu Prince, Now Private for Uncle Sam

Private Thomas W. Taylor of Company H, Twenty-fourth Regiment, U.S.A., is now on duty at Fort Alcatraz. He is only plain Tommy Taylor to the boys in blue, but he is called Prince by his kith and kin, and one day he will be King. And that is why this story is told. Its is a true dramatic tale of a royal household.   Read the story.