Yes, and I can't begin to tell you how helpful that information has been to me when included - for research purposes! Please do include it! marilyn ________________________________ From: A. Mason Design <[email protected]> To: Dean Micha Desman <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:14 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Slaves included in family tree In some Southern households, the slaves were indeed considered like family. I recently transcribed letters written by a former Southerner who was living in California in 1865 to his relatives in Mississippi. In addition to asking his southern relatives about "white" family members and how they'd survived the war, the man also asked about the family of one of their slaves. The slave father had come to California with the white family in the 1850s, and was freed when the family learned California was a free state. Both parties kept in touch with one another out here, and the white man wrote letters on behalf of his former slave so the latter could find out what happened to his kinfolk during the Civil War. One of the southern relatives was very upset about the bad treatment one of his former slaves had received at the hands of reconstructionists. Slavery was reprehensible but some southerners really did consider their slaves like members of the family. I would include them at least as a footnote. Hope this helps, Anita C. Monterey County Dean Micha Desman wrote: > Hi, everyone, >  > I was reseaching about a particular branch of my family and discovered that in the 1840s through 1860s they owned slaves that were included in their census records. The slaves were listed as ""other relations" which sounds more like their slaves were relatives rather than property. Owning slaves is pretty reprehensible. Do I want to list the slaves as part of my family tree? No. However, should they be included because that was just the way it was at that time in history? >  > Your thoughts? >  > Thanks in advance, >  > Dean >  ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You guys---I a m so glad someone started this thread--please tell me how to find out if someone was a slave--I  need info  for a person born 1811 in North Carolina--I found his son--where do I go from here? Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Demas" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:37:29 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Slaves included in family tree Yes, and I can't begin to tell you how helpful that information has been to me when included - for research purposes! Please do include it! marilyn ________________________________  From: A. Mason Design <[email protected]> To: Dean Micha Desman <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:14 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Slaves included in family tree   In some Southern households, the slaves were indeed considered like family. I recently transcribed letters written by a former Southerner who was living in California in 1865 to his relatives in Mississippi. In addition to asking his southern relatives about "white" family members and how they'd survived the war, the man also asked about the family of one of their slaves. The slave father had come to California with the white family in the 1850s, and was freed when the family learned California was a free state. Both parties kept in touch with one another out here, and the white man wrote letters on behalf of his former slave so the latter could find out what happened to his kinfolk during the Civil War. One of the southern relatives was very upset about the bad treatment one of his former slaves had received at the hands of reconstructionists. Slavery was reprehensible but some southerners really did consider their slaves like members of the family. I would include them at least as a footnote. Hope this helps, Anita C. Monterey County Dean Micha Desman wrote: > Hi, everyone, >  > I was reseaching about a particular branch of my family and discovered that in the 1840s through 1860s they owned slaves that were included in their census records. The slaves were listed as ""other relations" which sounds more like their slaves were relatives rather than property. Owning slaves is pretty reprehensible. Do I want to list the slaves as part of my family tree? No. However, should they be included because that was just the way it was at that time in history? >  > Your thoughts? >  > Thanks in advance, >  > Dean >  ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message