Uncomfortable History: Following the Paper Trail of African American Ancestors from Alabama to TexasThis book tells the incredible story of twelve siblings, eleven of whom changed their names and locations to begin a new life. After slavery ended, many African Americans moved to cities in the North but Archie Rison's ancestors moved from Alabama to Texas. Over forty Colston, Gregory, Perry, and Ferguson fathers, mothers, and children settled in the African American community of Sand Hill at the end of the 19th century. What drove them to make such

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Joan decided to share her emails and Dr

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and also to generations of these families living today

1942 Edition (Mifflinburg Telegraph

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Bittler's Carbon County Pennsylvania Farm Directory

as well as numerous photographs of the area and its people

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