150 Years Later: Broken Ties Mended

Thanks for visiting and commenting on Roots Revealed! Saturday, November 1, Mending Broken Ties: Recently, someone asked me about the reunion video documentary that my cousin Kristina Hayes produced of our commemorative family reunion in This is the reunion that culminated the book, Years Later: As promised, I am resurrecting the YouTube links of this reunion documentary on my blog.

Totaling 30 minutes, the entire documentary was divided into five short clips which are below. In a nutshell, the following is the family that was separated in in Abbeville County, S. That year, William Barr Jr. He took most of the family slaves with him which split the following family tree. What happened to the family? Born somewhere in Virginia around and sold down South to Abbeville, S. Her nearly year-old body endured William Barr's wagon train journey to northern Mississippi, which took days. According to the census, her grandson, Rev.

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She died after at nearly in Pontotoc County. Glasgow Barr — He was never taken away from South Carolina. He and his wife Rosa, who had been enslaved by a neighbor Lesley Family, were found in the and censuses in Abbeville County. Not sure what became of his descendants. After slavery, the family took the Beckley surname. The Beckley Family has held large family reunions every year since Cannon Beckley , his wife, and his 20 children, Pontotoc County, Miss. Picture taken in ; shared by Diane Beckley.

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They never saw their father again, according to oral history. Documenting Our Legacy Volume 1. Here's how restrictions apply. About the Author Author Melvin J. Start reading Years Later: Broken Ties Mended on your Kindle in under a minute. Don't have a Kindle? Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. See all customer images. Read reviews that mention years later melvin collier broken ties family members ties mended later broken read this book family history ancestors research roots genealogist american slavery beyond descendants genealogy mississippi researched researching.

Showing of 24 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Noted author, lecturer, and genealogist Melvin J. Collier was nagged by the notion that he was called upon by the Ancestors to fulfill an obligation. In in Abbeville, South Carolina, 12 year old Bill Reed, Melvin's great grandfather, watched his father, then his mother, grandmother and other family members be sold away; never to be seen again. Never to lay eyes upon again. Collier was able to research the ensuing family lines, through census records, wills, inventory records of slave owners, etc.

Bill Reed can now rest more easily because of the efforts of his great grandson and others carrying his blood. It tells us what can be gleaned about family history if you speak to the elders. It gives us insights and tips on how you can be successful with our own research. It teaches us about chattel American Slavery - and lets us know that we can have feelings about that peculiar institution.

Years Later by Melvin J. Collier

The book tells us of the importance of family; keeping it together and, just as important, putting it back together, no matter how long ago it was broken. Collier has done a masterful job in telling his story, showing his research methods, and revealing his heart. If you are a genealogist, family historian, or simply looking for a good book to read, then add ' Years later, Broken Ties Mended' to your library.

This book was well written, wonderfully researched and put together by someone with passion for their subject. I have written a book and articles on families of color in the north, some with southern connections, so I appreciate the difficulty that was overcome to produce this excellent book.

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This book should be used as a template for other books on the subject. I thank the author for their literary and non-fiction offering. Looking forward to futher writtings by this author. I've recommended it to my family. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase.

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I purchased this book about 2 weeks ago and started reading it yesterday. This book was so parallel to my research and the planning of our reunion that I could not put it down. I finished reading this book last night. From his stories, Years Later also demonstrates the great value in oral history and the importance of capturing it.

In order to fully understand why Bill Reed and many other former slaves placed such a high value on family and to appreciate its importance, one must revert back to the roots — Africa.

Inside a small region of a massively beautiful continent, stretching from Senegal to Angola, the ancestors of African Americans hailed from culturally rich communities where the family was the foundation for the survival and growth of the village. Traditional African societies were diverse in many ways, but a cultural feature shared by nearly all of them was that life was centered around the family — often an extensive kinship network that included all who descended from a common male or female ancestor.

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It did not matter if an ancestor was from the Akan culture of Ghana, the Yoruba culture of Nigeria, or the Mende culture of Sierra Leone, their familial ideologies were similar regarding family life, and those cultural values accompanied them to North and South America. In spite of the physical and psychological trauma those chained ancestors would come to endure on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the institution of family never waned. Its importance among African Americans continued on after slavery, during Reconstruction, throughout the Jim Crow era, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights Movement era, and up to the present.

In the midst of the many injustices African Americans faced in society, the family was crucial in providing moral, psychological, and financial support, not only to consanguineal family members, but also to many unrelated individuals who were considered a member of the family. Family support enabled many former slaves to endure the atrocities of chattel slavery — if they were fortunate to be among their family members on farms and plantations throughout the South. The tradition of family must and should continue in churches, schools, communities, and most importantly, in immediate and extended families.

Aspects of modern society and thinking should not be allowed to erode the cultural essence of family that was undoubtedly brought over from Africa. Click here for a sample of Chapter 1. Collier is a natural storyteller; his work is a page-turning thriller filled with thoroughly researched information and a unique perspective. Read and be encouraged to discover your own family story. It is a total masterpiece The painstaking efforts of Melvin J. Collier to uncover his ancestry and to identify each member of the family group of Lewis and Fanny and their whereabouts had me cheering for his success the whole way through the book.

I was incapable of holding the yearnings for my own Abbeville County ancestors at bay. My heart raced forward in anticipation of each new discovery of fact, locality, and person. He left no stone unturned in his search. He relied on the oral history of the oldest living descendants, but he also produced historical documentation in his unrelenting search.

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I felt like I was back during the 's when all of this took place. It is very informative as to how Mr. Collier was able to trace back to his roots and find missing family members that were separated during slavery. A very motivating book to read, especially for those who are doing research on their families.

He shows that patience and perseverance and the help from family alive and deceased pays off. It gave me such a beautiful imagery of a man's Godly character and the fruits of his labor. I admired his role as a family man and how he left behind a legacy of blessings, purpose, honor, and family values.

It caused me to experience different levels of emotions: