The Cumbos of Halifax, NC & the Famous Massachusetts 54th Colored Regiment
I have been researching the family tree of Hilliard and Sarah Cumbo. Here is what I have discovered. 1. There were Cumbos in Halifax County, North Carolina. I ...
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The 7 Cumbo Tribes of Northampton, North Carolina
There were seven Cumbo Tribes of Northampton County, North Carolina. The biblical Abraham of our tribe was my great-great-great-great (4x) grandfather Britton C...
A Mixed-Race, Mixed-Marriage
My great-great grandparents Edward Biggs and Florence Cumbo were both listed as Colored on their 1890 marriage license. So why am I classifying their union as a...
Cumbos as Free People of Color
If I were to ask you, “Who were free people of color in America?” how would you answer? If you were to survey say 100 Americans with a reasonable gr...