Researching the Descendants and Ancestors of the Weeping Time People
Brian Sheffey
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1859 bore witness to the largest single sale of human beings in the United States' history. 440 people were sold over a 3 day period by Pierce Mease Butler to settle his enormous debts. This presentation covers the process in researching the descendants of the 400 souls who were sold, as well as the descendants of the 400+ enslaved people Pierce Mease Butler did not sell. Collectively, this research project traces the ancestry of both groups of enslaved people further in time to connect them with their captured African ancestors who were brought to Charleston, South Carolina. The presentation covers creating a robust and flexible research strategy and the extensive international archives and repositories that have been used in the course of this research project.
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Thank You so much! My slave/ owner research is now off and running! Excellent info\n\nThanks for all the resource links!\n\nThanks for inspiring discussion of how to be successful with a huuuuuge project. It deserves a book or two, doesn't it?\n\nThe webinar was great. \n\nThis is very informative and I appreciate all the time and effort that went into it!\n\nThis was like the framework for all the webinars on researching enslaved people I have been fortunate enough to attend. Even realizing there is still so much to discover, hearing Brian's approach to research opened up my thinking about how to proceed, and exposed me to some new avenues for research. I am excited about the possibilities (and finally understand how to use kinship linkages work in my existing software!)\n\nThis webinar gave so much information. Loved it!\n\nThis webinar was very helpful as I was wondering how and who to research my ancestors enslavers.\n\nThought provoking. Amazing research.\n\ntouched my heart\n\nVery interesting. I'm not African American, but learned a lot. I have always read a lot about slavery, and hope Bryan can continue to open up new areas.\n\nVery good. Help me with more resources for my genealogy.\n\nvery happy to hear early african american virginia settlers mentioned as I've just begun to try and trace my enslaved ancestors back to that region\n\nVery informative \n\nVery informative! Never know what you might find when you have a plan!\n\nVery informative.\n\nvery interesting\n\nVery interesting\n\nVery interesting and verified some of my research approaches.\n\nVery interesting to hear about this research project and resources available.\n\nVery interesting, with lots of resource ideas and giving us a valuable new perspective\n\nVery interesting. I would have liked to learn more about his results (larger overview). I do think he and his partners' research will assist those who have ancestry within this group of people. It's pretty awesome. \n\nVery organized and informative. Thanks for sharing.\n\nVery well presented. A lot of things to consider, as I have ancestors from North Carolina and Virginia. Some of thier ancestors may have been in some of the groups in America that were sent to South Carolina.\n\nVery well done with a resourceful handout!\n\nWell structured and documented presentation\n\nWhat a wonderful speaker! Although this project doesn't relate to my personal research, I am very interested in what is being done. There is SO much history that many of us know nothing about. Thank you for presenting this. \n\nWow didn’t know about that subject! Will be investigating further. \n\nWow! Excellent.
Extremely well organized with excellent syllabus and resources. I have been trying to break through the slave ship brickwall for years and the information provided today may help me advance in my research. thank you Brian and also Marian for hosting.\n\nA fascinating webinar and research\n\nA webinar exploring the slave ships and their records would be interesting...so we can explore the links between the owners/shipmates/DNA side of things.\n\nA wonderful presentation!!\n\nAlways learning something new - Thank You\n\nAmazing presentation - very interesting hearing about the Middleton Family \n\nAmazing presentation, topic, and presenter. Thanks \n\nAmazing project. Thank you for sharing!\n\nappreciate all the sources that I can use in my research\n\nAwesome presenter was clear, organized \n\nBrian always offers excellent information & resources for aiding researching. Hope you have him back!\n\nBrian is always excellent!\n\nBrian is an excellent presenter. He gave me new ways to search and places to search for my ancestors. I am looking forward to any other webinars he has presented because he shares a lot of information and resources with the audience. Thanks, Brian for opening my eyes to more resources to search!!\n\nEach webinar tops the last one. Amazing research and sources.\n\nExcellent\n\nexcellent presentation\n\nExcellent presentation and very informative. \n\nExcellent presentation on finding slaves \n\nExcellent presentation!!\n\nExcellent presentation.\n\nExcellent research and presentation.\n\nExcellent webinar! Great job Brian. Your presentation was informative, detailed, and clear. I loved the resources you shared as well as the style of your presentation. Thank you. \n\nExcellent Webinar. Please have the presenter back again.\n\nExcellent! Provided an excellent road map for research. \n\nExcellent! Thankful for his work and the webinar!\n\nExcellent!!\n\nExcellent!!!\n\nExceptional presentation...clear, concise, easy to follow...thank you \n\nFabulous, Fabulous! ! Another one I hope comes back to update Brian Sheffley, outstanding work!\n\nFantastic webinar documenting an aspect of slave history.\n\nFANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nFascinating! Seems very helpful for those seeking information about their enslaved ancestors\n\nGreat presentation with fascinating information! \n\nGREAT RESOOURCES\n\nHe was an excellent speaker. It was in inspirational webinar in showing what was possible. \n\nIt was excellent information. \n\nLots of good information, even for those of us who may not have a Butler connection. Because the movement of the Butler slaves corresponds with the movement of my ancestors it gives me something else to consider.\n\nloved it\n\nOffers many possibilities for new adventures. Cutting edge research!\n\nOne of the best presentations to date with an extensive syllabus. Thanks for the resources and suggestions.\n\nOutstanding information and easy to understand.\n\nPresentation provided new resources and clear paths in researching. \n\nPure excellence!\n\nReally fantastic, from moderator to speaker and everything in between. Thank you!\n\nRich with information and insights! I wished for more time.\n\nSlides were fairly faint to see, but the information was astounding. \n\nSo much great information and how to figure out connections. The time flew by. Excellent! Thank you.\n\nSuper interesting webinar! Will share with some friends and fellow researchers!