Black roots in southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900 (Gale genealogy and local history series ; v. 8) [Unknown Binding]

Barbara W Brown (Author)

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 722 pages
• Publisher: Gale Research Co (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810314118
• ISBN-13: 978-0810314115
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,271,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Black roots in southeastern Connecticut,, June 17, 2000

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charles weeden (rhode island) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black roots in southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900 (Gale genealogy and local history series ; v. 8)

this book is a must have for blacks aswell as Native americans in Rhode Island and Conneticut it has 90 % of what most people are looking for ancestors and concrete genealogy so if you find it get

5.0 out of 5 stars Publisher's Note for the 2001 edition by Clearfield Publishing:, July 24, 2007

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Watershed Books (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900 (Hardcover)

Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900, represents a milestone in the publishing of African-American genealogy. Authors Brown and Rose spent eight years gathering every shred of information they could find on approximately 2,000 African-American families who inhabited one or more of 26 counties in Southeastern Connecticut. Their sources consisted primarily of U.S. census records from 1790 through 1870 and secondarily on manumission records, deeds, probate records, diaries, church records, and military records. In particular, Brown and Rose have amassed an amazing amount of information on blacks who were living in an area that, on the eve of the Revolutionary War, had one of the largest slave populations in New England. The authors cite the specific source for each element appearing in their genealogical sketches. The brief introduction summarizes some of the challenges of investigating black roots, while the bibliography, name index, and subject index at the back of the volume make using the book quite easy.

Clearfield Company would like to express its appreciation to the New London County Historical Society, the publisher of these two books, for allowing us to make them available to our patrons.