by Tom DeWolf | Aug 9, 2019 | Stories of Taking Action
by Prinny Anderson Sitting under the porch while my parents attended an annual meeting of the Monticello Association (MA) in the late fifties, it occurred to me that my Monticello Randolph relatives–all descendants of Thomas Jefferson–must include many, many African...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 9, 2019 | Stories of Taking Action
by Phoebe Kilby When I began my quest to determine if my family had owned slaves I focused on slavery alone and not the repercussions of it. I quickly learned after meeting descendants of people my family enslaved, that wounds inflicted during the Civil Rights era, a...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 9, 2019 | Stories of Taking Action
by Joseph McGill Joseph McGill is a Charleston, SC-based Field Officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He arranges overnight stays in former slave dwellings as part of his personal mission: to bring awareness to and preserve the dwellings where...