From This Day Forward - Documenting Marital Unions of Enslaved and Emancipated Persons
Renate Yarborough Sanders
Content
Welcome
2m 3s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 17s
Introduction
3m 39s
Types of Slave Marriages
8m 38s
Alabama
9m 31s
Georgia
9m 50s
North Carolina
12m 55s
Virginia
6m 2s
Discovering Records
16m 52s
Announcements / prizes
6m 53s
Questions / answers
13m 27s
About this webinar
Despite the fact that their marriages were not legally recognized before 1865, enslaved couples were uniting in "quasi-marital" relationships, and were cohabitating as husband and wife, as evidenced by many extant documents created during and after the end of America’s Civil War. In this presentation, we explore examples of documents that provide evidence of these relationships, and sources for finding them.
About the speaker
Renate Yarborough Sanders is the descendant of formerly enslaved ancestors, enslavers, and free people of color. She authors two blogs: “Into the LIGHT” and “Genea-Related;” and produces a “(Mostly) A...
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Comments (71)
Wonderful, so much good information
The presentation was very informative, and Renate's coverage of this subject was clearly one of the best for me. Her explanation covering those who cohabitated with more than one person with children from both sides was just in time to help solve a portion of my research that I have spent many hours on.
Very interesting - new topic for me.
Renata is very knowledgeable and an excellent presenter. I always learn something. new.
Very informative. I like how she went state by state and organized the material.
Ms. Yarborough Sanders never fails to impart new knowledge about whatever genealogy topic she is presenting on!
Terrific webinar! Thanks!
Excellent presentation! She provided so many resources and detail