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Slave Narrative of Luke Towns

2 Comments / Black Genealogy, Florida, Georgia, New York / 5 minutes of reading

Last Updated on June 17, 2012 by Interviewer: Rachel A. Austin Person Interviewed: Luke Towns Location: Jacksonville, Florida Age: 100+(?) A Centenarian Luke Towns, a centenarian, now residing at 1335 West Eighth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, was the ninth child born to Maria and Like Towns, slaves, December 34, 1835, in a village in Tolberton County, […]

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North America Indian Names of Places in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana

3 Comments / Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Native American, Tennessee, Virginia / 24 minutes of reading

Last Updated on June 7, 2014 by Dennis The Indians all over this continent had names, traditions, religions, ceremonies, feasts, prayers, songs, dances all, more or less, with symbolism and allegory, adapted to circumstances, just as all other races of mankind. But the world has become so familiar with the continued and ridiculous publications in

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