Family History Etched in my DNA
The Science section of the New York Times published a wonderful article this weekend titled Tales of African-American History Found in DNA. The article details...
Tag: Slavery
An Orphan’s Apprenticeship
The earliest document I have acknowledging the existence of my great-great-great-great (4x great) grandfather Britton Cumbo Jr., comes from North Carolina cour...
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...
Were the Cumbos Melungeon?
The origins of the American Melungeon have always been considered mysterious. Melungeons are generally known as a group of families from relatively unknown but ...
Emanuell Cambow of Jamestown, VA
Here is what we know about Emanuell Cambow based on the book “Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware...