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This is the umbrella project to which every South African male Progenitor /Stamvader should be added first - ie all first fathers of a line with descendants in SA." A note on the Meaning of the words 'Progenitor,' Stam Vader,' and 'Settler,' as they are used on Geni * A PROGENITOR [PROG] is the start of a bloodline in SA. A Y-PROG is a special PROG who is the first Y chromosome progen...
American slave owners or slaveholders were owners of slaves in the United States which typically worked either as agriculture laborers or house servants. The practice was common until its abolition in 1865 with the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. For the time being, we are using this as the Slavery Plantation umbrella or portal. Lis...
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists who were sympathetic to their cause. Notable profiles Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott Henry "Box" Brown John Brown Levi Coffin Frederick Douglass Calvin Fairbank Matilda Joslyn Gage...
Slavery in the United States was a form of slave labor which existed as a legal institution from the early colonial period. After the American Revolution, the northern states all abolished slavery, and Congress prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory. However slavery gained new life with the cotton industry after 1800, and expanded into the Southwest. The import or export of slaves became...
This is the master project for enslaved persons in America. The profiles in this project may be incomplete. This project's former name was American Slaves . Naming conventions Also see: Naming Conventions of US Slaves . First name : Ned Middle name : (blank) Last name : (blank) Birth surname : (blank) Display name : Ned, enslaved to Agnes Witt Also known as : List of other ...
The objective of this project is to identify (forced) immigrants from India & Madagascar to Colonial America. Please start discussions, share resources, build trees, and add profiles to the project. Please create "related" projects for the Madagascar slave trade in other locations. And please ... invite collaborators to join in and contribute.==background==From Indian Slaves in Colonial America...
The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products. It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it can be farmed on all continents except Antarctica.Tobacco, one of the most widely used addictive substances in the world,...
Early Black History to the Civil War* Slave Uprisings in Black History * Slave Rebellion The struggle's of Black People (the New Afrikan Nation) in North Amerika: Black People's History and How the United States of America won its Independence from Britain (and the British empire). "Every organized rebellion, even when thwarted by the whites and their offspring, struck fear into the whites and ...
It is difficult in Geni to create profiles for enslaved persons when there is no family relationship known. However they are often listed in the wills of the persons enslaving them, and so details about them, like their name (or nickname) and some family relationships may also be listed.This project is to assist those doing research on ancestors when the information is in the profile of another...
South African Slaves ==- isolated profiles and small trees not connected to the Big TreePlease link profiles of slaves which have not been connected to the main tree to this project.The purpose of the project is to have a "home" for them in the hope that they will in time be found and incorporated in the big tree.===Images ===- to use as "markers" are attached to the project.=References and Sou...
In January 2022, the Washington Post published a remarkable database of every member of the United States Congress known to have enslaved other Americans -- a list containing 1,715 names. This project aims to: Add every member of Congress from that list, building new tree branches as needed Note the member of Congress' status as an enslaver on their profile Help add documentation to pr...
This is a project I Sharon have been publicly talking about doing for a long long time. It's one of those niche areas of human research that you know someone is going to do a very significant inter-disciplinary PhD on - sometime in the near future. But, until then - it exists as a huge aporia that we need to fill in order to be able to work with the data we're garnering on Geni, in a way that r...
Work in Progress==========< BACK ===== ==Africanos escravizados=====Nigerianos===* Sabino Felippe da Costa (Oyo-Oba, Lagos, Nigéria, ? — Brasil, ?), que teve 5 filhos com uma outra escrava rebatizada Maria do Bonfim .===Angolanos===* Eusébio de Queirós (São Paulo de Luanda, Angola, 1812 — Rio de Janeiro, 7 de maio de 1868) foi um magistrado e político brasileiro. Foi ministro da Justiça (1848-...
The purpose of this pathfinder project is to serve as a guide for more information on slaves, apprentices and freemen in South Africa and to supply a reference list of death notices to allow a user to find a source. Should you identify the person or create a profile please add the profile to the project. ==Africa== *Semora Mother: Delmina, Deceased left money to: Sophia, James, Maria Louisa Bel...
This is the master project for Slaves in Jamaica. = Naming conventions = Also see: Naming Conventions of US Slaves . * First name : Ned * Middle name : (blank) * Last name : (blank) * Birth surname : (blank) * Display name : Ned, slave of Agnes Witt * Also known as : List of other slave owners EX; Ned the slave of John Blue, Ned the slave of Fred Ugly* About : Any other information that may be ...
Introduction:* people in Angola* > * Nzinga 'Anna' Mbande, Queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Trade:* to the Cape:* * Catharina/ Catarina van Angola Catarina van Angola Cecilia [van Angola?]: Cecilia Herbst, SM/PROG / Cecilia van Angola
Project twin: DNA Mapping of the Slave Routes to Southern Africa . Text that follows is just taken from that one - Please edit and replace as you develop the project: This project is in one of those niche areas of human research that you know someone is going to do a very significant inter-disciplinary PhD on - sometime in the near future. But, until then - it exists as a huge aporia that we ne...
A Sub-project of The Jamaica Out of Many - One People Master Project A project about Jamaican slave owners, slaveholders, and their plantations. See for pictures.= Naming conventions = Also see: Naming Conventions of US Slaves . * First name : Ned * Middle name : (blank) * Last name : (blank) * Birth surname : (blank) * Display name : Ned, slave of Agnes Witt * Also known as : List of other sla...
This project is one which will link the prisoners of Robben Island from 1673-1834 to profiles on Geni. The information is from the transcriptions of documents of The Court of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope regarding convicts, exiles and prisoners.The documents have been transcribed by TEPC (Transcription of Estate Papers of the Cape of Good Hope). It was a joint project of the Universities of...
This project is about the Ball Family of Cooper River, South Carolina, founded by Elias "Red Cap" Ball, I.Most information gleaned from Edward Ball's fabulous book, Slaves in the Family.==Summary====Notables====Other related Geni projects====Timeline====references, resources and links==* Slaves In The Family by Edward Ball.
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This project covers the ancestry and descendants of the Elim Estate, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. This is one of the individual plantation projects in the Jamaican Planters and Plantation series.==Summary==1811 - Elim Estate registered to Thomas Foster.1817 - [Foster], Thomas, Elim, 368 slaves/ 324 stock.1833 - Elim Estate registered to John Foster.18th Jul 1836 - 385 Enslaved - £7252 17S 8D==Refere...
This project covers the ancestry and descendants of the Robins River Estate/Pen, Westmoreland, Jamaica. This is one of the individual plantation projects in the Jamaican Planters and Plantation series.==Summary==1811 - Robins River Estate/Pen registered to Forrest. Forrest, Arthur, deceased, Masemure and Robins River 269 slaves/ 537 stock.1816 - Forest, Arthur, heirs of, Robin's River, 62 slave...
This project covers the ancestry and descendants of the Masemure Sugar Cane Plantation, Westmoreland, Jamaica. This is one of the individual plantation projects in the Jamaican Planters and Plantation series. (Masemure is also spelled Masemuir elsewhere).==Summary==1811 - Masemure Sugar Plantation registered to Forrest. Forrest, Arthur, deceased, Masemure and Robins River 269 slaves/ 537 stock....
Cape Verde /ˌkeɪp ˈvɜːrd/ or Cabo Verde /kɑːboʊ ˈvɜːrdeɪ/, /kæ-/ (Portuguese: Cabo Verde, pronounced: [%CB%88kabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) off the coast of West Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometre...