Category: African

True Grit

True Grit is a Rare Quality

True Grit: A Rare Quailty This week I had an humbling conversation with my 82-year-old father. The year was 1958,

gambia flag

Bahamas Roots Revealed

About two years ago, I started paying more attention to my mom’s DNA matches that were displaced or disconnected. I

Fugitive Slave Law

Frank Ross: An African Slave worth $3K in 1864

Frank Ross. That was his slave name, but I wonder what his African name would have been. He was my