@findingroots

Story Finders - Researcher of oral and community history, genealogy and documentaries.

 London,UK
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Joined August 2012
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#aberfan £50? Got to be joking
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Last day of Communities of Liberation exhibition and great reflective session of UK freedom seeker notices with @peggybrunache @LBTHArchives
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An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria | Colonialism | The Guardian share.google/87AXSZ5F7BYGaAB…

An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria

A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch

theguardian.com
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Ouch..only alcohol and knives..operating on your captor #wdytya
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New evidence strengthens Jefferson-Hemings paternity case : NPR share.google/sSbnXatRMRVBIm7…

New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings

A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.

npr.org
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theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i…. "As to the manner of using it, the method of our other factorys, is to mark the Negroes on the left shoulder heating the mark red hot.”

The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade

From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade

theguardian.com
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Gosh what a coincidence. Father and son on same ship #ahousethroughtime
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Very vivid story of the war in Sudan and the Dinka tribe #ahousethroughtime
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Clara looks beautiful #wdytya
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You can see the family resemblance with Matthew #wdytya
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Disablement at every corner. No peace in Miami. Very interesting. #wdytya
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Never knew the record keeping for Bahamas was this poor #wdytya
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They became best friends - then discovered they were brother and sister - BBC News share.google/8OnxDT8kkorGNr2…

They became best friends - then discovered they were brother and sister

Andrea Urmston knew she had a brother who had been adopted by another family, only to discover he was already her closest friend.

bbc.co.uk
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Just seemed kinda awkward at times...#wdytya
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Very segregated hope that's touched on #wdytya
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Narobby #wdytya
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Slavery exhibit swapped overnight at Philadelphia’s Independence Park - The Washington Post share.google/AVuev4qEnPwYTmW…

Slavery exhibit swapped overnight at Philadelphia’s Independence Park

The National Park Service replaced panels that discussed the horrors of slavery and George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people.

washingtonpost.com
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Volunteer finds ‘rare’ Declaration of Independence in London archive

Michael Scurr said he had to keep the discovery from fellow volunteers at the National Archives, as well as his friends and family.

independent.co.uk
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These Carnival 60 talks are so necessary. To find out about the real history behind connected stories of Notting Hill residents and the Carnival. Learnt a lot about the #themangrovenine
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The survival of the Negros Mascogos, the only community in Mexico descended from US slaves | International | EL PAÍS English share.google/C5HyVx0TJHj6MSk…

The survival of the Negros Mascogos, the only community in Mexico descended from US slaves

El Nacimiento, a small town in Coahuila, is fighting to preserve the identity, memory and traditions of its ancestors, who came to the area from Texas fleeing slavery

english.elpais.com
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