Genealogy Projects tagged with Free on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Free, Frei, Frey, Fry, Frye Surname Project

    Free/Frei Family English: nickname or status name from Middle English fre ‘free’ (Old English frēo) with reference to either tenurial status (‘free born’) or to character (‘noble generous open-handed’). Irish: variant of Freeman . Americanized form of Swiss German and German Frei and Frey . North German: nickname from a variant of Middle Low German wrēd ‘wild fierce angry’. Americanized form ...

  • American Colonization Society

    American Colonization Society =The American Colonization Society (ACS) (in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America), founded in 1816, was the primary vehicle to support the return of free African Americans to what was considered greater freedom in Africa. It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 1821–22 as a place for freedmen. Among its founders were Charle...

  • Carter Manumission

    This project is an attempt to chronicle and connect all of the decendants of the 500+ slaves that were freed by Robert Carter III at Nomini Hall plantation, Westmoreland County Virginia in 1791Robert "Councillor" Carter III (February 1727/28 – March 10, 1804) was an American plantation owner, founding father and onetime British government official. After the death of his wife, Frances Ann Taske...