June 21st, 2009 |
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Genealogy, History
By Ben Windham
One of our family heirlooms is the plantation journal of a kinsman, John Tabb. With his wife, Lucy, he ran a plantation in Dallas County, on Beech Creek outside of Selma.
Though it dates from the 19th century, the journal isn’t exactly the kind of thing that I would shelve alongside the massive, ornate Bible, full of pressed flowers and ferns, that came into the family about the same time. John Tabb’s journal is slender by comparison and more utilitarian. With its ruled lines, it’s closer to a ledger or an accounts book than holy scripture.
If anything, the journal represents the opposite of the lofty religious concepts of the Bible. A much more secular hand informed it, penciling in the price of tobacco, feed and seed.
And human life.
At the very end of the book, there is a listing of the Tabbs’ 63 slaves — their names, ages and dollar values.
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April 19th, 2009 |
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About Us
The BBAAGHS Board of Directors elected new officers for the 2009-2010 year at its April 18th meeting:
Elvin D. Lang, President
Donald P. Stone, Vice President
Patricia Perry, Secretary
B.J. Smothers, Treasurer
March 22nd, 2009 |
Published in
Books, Genealogy, History
At its March 21, 2009 meeting, the BBAAGHS Board of Directors voted to extend the deadline for submitting stories to the Alabama African American Heritage Book until September 30, 2009. No further extensions will be granted.
David Bice of Heritage Consultants of Clanton also carified that if submitters can document their family to before 1890, then they can submit up to 1000 words and 2 photograpghs FREE instead of 500 words and 1 phot0.
For further information, se website: www.bbaaghs.org/publications/
March 1st, 2009 |
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Uncategorized
The Black Belt African American Genealogical and Historical Society elected four new members and returned nine incumbents to its Board of Directors at the Society’s Annual Meeting held on February 21, 2009 in Selma.
The newly-elected directors were: James R. Ephraim, Jr. and Isaac L. Prentice of Birmingham and Patricia L. Perry and Stanley V. Perry of Marion.
The re-elected board members were: Jabrina Howard, Jo Ann Smith, B.J. Smothers, and Louretta Wimberly of Selma, Phyllis Armstrong and Joyce Nicoll of Montgomery, Donald P. Stone of Furman, Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews of Camden, and Gwen M. Holland of Chicago.
February 25th, 2009 |
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Events, Genealogy, History
MOUNT VERNON, NY…February 19, 2009— To help Americans know their history, American Legacy, the magazine for African-American history and culture, will take a Black History Mobile Museum on tour visiting historic Selma, Alabama. American Legacy is proud to partner with the Black Belt African-American Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc. in bringing the truck tour to Selma, Alabama. An 18-wheel tractor trailer transformed into a Black history museum, American Legacy’s “Know Your History” Mobile Tour will take Americans on a historical journey in Black history through the pages of American Legacy Magazine.
For over thirteen years, American Legacy Magazine has been educating and entertaining its readers with in-depth stories of African-American history and culture. Last year, the magazine received national recognition in movie theatres across the country with the release of The Great Debaters –the movie starring and directed by Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey– was inspired by a 1997 American Legacy article.
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