The Original Red River Sankofa Project

1. What happened to George W. Hale’s slave, Airy?

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   August 17, 2014 by elhseven

   According to the Bureau of Land Management, George Washington Hale bought 477 acres between 1859 and 1860. A few years …
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   Category People, Places | Tags: Airy, Caddo Parish, Caddo Prairie, George Washington Hale, Hale, Robert Hamilton, slaveowners, Slaves

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2. 1850 Bossier Parish Slave Census

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   February 18, 2014 by elhseven

   The 1850 U.S. Federal Slave Schedule for Bossier Parish reported 4,396 slaves with 295 slaveowners. There are some slaveowners missing …
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   Category People | Tags: 1850 Slave Census, Bossier parish, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, slaveowners, Slaves

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3. Buckhall Plantation, Bossier Parish

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   February 16, 2014 by elhseven

   According to the Volume 4, page 112 of the 1856 Land Partition of Paulina DeGraffenried Gilmer & James Gilmer, Buckhall …
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   Category Places | Tags: Albert Mitchell, Alexander Roft, Bill Barton, Bob Jenkins, Bossier parish, Buckhall Plantation, Charles Pemberton, Charley Allen, Frank Graham, George Jenkin, George Lijan, George William, Henry Morse, Jake Burnham, James Gilmer, Jim Shumaker, John Bogart, Judy Hitt, Mark Batemon, Ned Haywood, Phillis Williams, Red River Sankofa Project, Richard Payne, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Slaves, Sol Reid

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4. Goldpoint Plantation, NW Louisiana

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   January 28, 2014 by elhseven

   Goldpoint Plantation, Bossier, Parish The following includes a list of indentured servants from Goldpoint plantation.  This 1857 conveyance record represents …
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   Category People, Places | Tags: "NO LAND...ONLY SLAVES!" Volume 1, African American genealogy, Bossier parish, Goldpoint Plantation, James Belton Pickett Jr., Jerry Whitehat, Jim Bebows, Jim Buck, Jim Hickory, John Guthridge, John Pierce, Mary Knox, Red River Baptist Church, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Seaborn Bradford, Slaves

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5. Hettie Adger Cemetery/St. Paul CME Church

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   January 18, 2014 by elhseven

   I continue to tell people sometimes the only evidence of one’s existence is found in a graveyard.  If you are …
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   Category Places | Tags: African American genealogy, African American History, Belcher, Caddo Parish, Carolina Bluff CME Church, Dickson, Hettie Adger, Morris & Dickson Co., Plain Dealing, Rural NW Louisiana, Rush Point Plantation, Slaves, St. Paul CME Church

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