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Am I Related to Free People of Color in NC?

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Am I Related to Free People of Color in NC?

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HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. AND MEAGHAN SIEKMAN | THE ROOT

Tracing Your Roots: A reader seeks to connect the dots between her recent ancestors and a well-documented family who sued for their freedom.

[dropcap]Dear[/dropcap] Professor Gates: On the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Cypress Creek, Jones County, N.C., my ancestor William Dove/Duff appears in the household of the Brocks, who were wealthy slave owners before the Civil War. In 1850 he was about 20-25; in 1860 he was 30-35 years of age. He shows up on the census in 1870 with his wife and several children.

The Dove family is believed to be of East Indian descent. They are mentioned in Paul Heinegg’s history Free African Americans as pre-Britain or East India. They originated from Anne Arundel County, Md., and were relocated to Craven County, N.C. I’ve been trying to locate and link my William Dove to the free Dove family in neighboring Craven County. Please help! —Alexis[mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
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Agostino Brunias, Tracing Roots, African American History, African American Ancestry, KOLUMN Magazine
Agostino Brunias, Tracing Roots, African American History, African American Ancestry, KOLUMN Magazine
Marketing, St. Vincent, West Indies, 1770s. Agostino Brunias
Agostino Brunias, Tracing Roots, African American History, African American Ancestry, KOLUMN Magazine
Dancing Scene in the West Indies 1764-1796 Agostino Brunias c.1730-1796 Purchased with assistance from Tate Patrons and Tate Members 2013 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T13869
Agostino Brunias, Tracing Roots, African American History, African American Ancestry, KOLUMN Magazine
Servants Washing a Deer* British (c. 1775). Agostino Brunias
Agostino Brunias, Tracing Roots, African American History, African American Ancestry, KOLUMN Magazine
Agostino Brunias, Tracing Roots, African American History, African American Ancestry, KOLUMN Magazine
“Free women of color with their children and servants in a landscape”. Agostino Brunias
AGOSTINO BRUNIAS
PAINTER – Rome
Agostino Brunias (c. 1730 – April 2, 1796) was a London-based Italian painter from Rome. Strongly associated with West Indian art, he left England at the height of his career to chronicle Dominica and the neighboring islands of the West Indies. Painted in the tradition of verite ethnographique, his art was as escapist as it was romantic.
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It turns out the condition of the free Dove family was not an anomaly in their region of North Carolina.

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