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free people of color

Tracing Your Roots: When Was My ‘Freedman’ Ancestor Freed?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman
3/02/18 10:00AM

Tracing Your Roots: Why Free Virginia Blacks Looked Over Their Shoulders

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman
2/16/18 9:15AM

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Freed in a Big Court Case?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman
1/19/18 9:35AM

Tracing Your Roots: Were My Ancestors Melungeon?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman
12/22/17 8:45AM

Tracing Your Roots: How Did My Black Ancestor Come to Own Land?

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman
10/06/17 10:00AM

Tracing Your Roots: Untangle My Redbone Heritage

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman
8/11/17 9:00AM

Tracing Your Roots: Our Family Matriarch Was a White Indentured Servant

By Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Research Services Director Lindsay Fulton
4/28/17 9:30AM

The Lynching of My Husband’s Ancestor Shocked a Nation

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Researcher Meaghan Siekman
5/26/16 11:00PM