There is an ambitious project underway to recover 10 million names of enslaved people of African descent.
These slaves connect to some 44 million descendants. Unfortunately, finding their names is a huge challenge.
A team of scholars and genealogists with the Boston-based American Ancestors is working to create a searchable database where people can go and find the names and information about their forebears.
It’s a collaborative effort that even involves working with several genealogical groups across the country, including in Hampton Roads. They’re working with researchers, families, and data partners across the country to catalog this documented history that will live in an online database for anyone to access for free.
Tufts University’s Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, Dr. Kendra Field serves as the chief historian for the “10 Million Names” project.
You can read more in an article by Janet Roach published in the 13newsnow.com web site at: http://tinyurl.com/2b46p2au.