Born a Slave: Rediscovering Arthur Jackson's African American Heritage
David W. Jackson
Content
Welcome
1m 23s
Speaker's Introduction
41s
Introduction
8m 2s
Have Realistic Expectations
10m 17s
Build Timelines
15m 20s
Dead End or Detour?
9m 42s
City Directories
15m 54s
Announcements / prizes
8m 44s
Questions / answers
19m 56s
About this webinar
Using his book by the same title as a guide, family historian and preservationist David W. Jackson inspires genealogists to embark on a quest to rediscover their ancestors of African descent. Jackson reveals his forty year quest culminating in a research breakthrough of a mysterious black ancestor, his great great grandfather Arthur Jackson, who was born a slave. Jackson's family has identified as Caucasian for four generations not knowing this hidden family secret.
About the speaker
David W. Jackson began genealogy in 1980 at age 11. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State University. He enjoyed a 20+year career as a local his...
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Comments (59)
I missed the live presentation because the sun came out that day, but watched it the next day on video. Your circumstances similar in many ways to mine: a family story, obscure histories, suggestive hints. I got a lot of ideas regarding process for following up on my own mystery. I think I've already picked up a couple of clues. I'm going to watch the video again (love being a member of Geoff's webinars!), and see what else I can learn, because I may be on the cusp of pinpointing either the circumstances, or perhaps the person (who I think was a woman). I have butterflies. I never thought this one would ever be solvable... but maybe... and then I have others to work on! \n\nBTW, I absolutely agree with the other folks who recommend the Freedman's Bureau. I was lucky enough to be one of the people who did transcribing for them. Illuminating, filled with detail and stories, heartbreaking at times, but a window into real lives.
This was an incredible.
Excellent presentation. Presenter was knowledgeable and well spoken, polished and focused. It was a pleasure to listen to him.
He needs to check his grandfather's autosomal DNA against the matches to see if any are from this side.
Outstanding presentation! Was given in a factual and non biased way, very impressive, given the topic.
It's always interesting to learn something new. I enjoyed hearing about his family and research.
Very good presentation based on solid research methodologies. I enjoyed it.
Such a well organized, and excellently presented webinar. In particular, I appreciated the presenter's bringing up that genealogy, for most of us takes place over years and decades, and that a brick wall we may have had 20 years ago can come tumbling down in an instant with new discoveries in technology, availability of databases, social media groups, etc.