In Embracing Your Past to Empower Your Future, descendants of four prominent Black families whose ancestors were enslaved, tell readers what life was like for those ancestors, and how their experiences shaped and influenced Future generations.
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They are well known for military service, but their contributions to education and civil rights have also been extensive. history with three generals in their immediate family. - The Brooks family is the only Black family in U.
S.
Retired Judge Rohulamin Quander is the family historian.
The Quander family has a long history of civil rights activists, educators, military, and faith leaders.
The first family tree has its roots in Virginia (including Mount Vernon), while the second family tree is rooted in Maryland.
The Quander\'s have two family trees, the result of two brothers kidnapped in Ghana in the 1600s who were sold to two different enslavers. - The Quanders is one of America\'s oldest and consistently documented Black families.
One of the family\'s enslaved ancestors, Jim, (whose father was James Madison Jr.) was allowed to learn how to read and write, leading to each subsequent generation appreciating and valuing the power of an education.
These family storytellers have scoured the libraries in search of historical documents to help expand on the family\'s history.
Each generation has a designated family storyteller called a Griot or Griotte.
They have kept their loved one\'s stories alive through the ancient practice of storytelling. - The Madisons can trace back their family tree to President James Madison, Jr and his father.
Vernetta Henson, Pollee and Rose\'s great-great granddaughter tells the city of the success and fall of Africatown.
The Allen story dives deeper into the rich culture of African communal living with the formation of Africatown, founded by Pollee, Rose, and 30 other Clotilda survivors. illegally in 1860 on The Clotilda, 53 years after Congress passed The Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves in 1807. - The Allen family\'s story is unique because their loved ones, Pollee Allen and his wife Rose were kidnapped from Africa and brought to the U.
S.
ALL profits go to the Each One, Teach One book stipend for descendants of enslaved attending college to apply for monies to offset the cost of books.
The authors worked with family historians, gathered volumes of historical documents, and worked with historians from Montpelier, Mount Vernon, and Africatown to ensure its accuracy.
In Embracing Your Past to Empower Your Future, descendants of four prominent Black families whose ancestors were enslaved, tell readers what life was like for those ancestors, and how their experiences shaped and influenced Future generations
