Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901), born a slave who educated himself and became a tailor in Macon, Georgia. Served in House of Representatives during as a replacement for only two months in 1871.
-
-
Former slaves employed as servants to Union officers. August, 1864
-
From Harriet to Moses
-
Fool me once…
-
Miscegenation in the Antebellum South
-
Escaped slaves, at Foller’s house, Cumberland Landing, Virginia
-
Ex-slave Bob Lemmons was born about 1850, in south Texas
-
African American extended family arriving in Chicago from the rural South, ca. 1920