I find this list to encourage my interest in the subject of Slavery in  
pre-civil war America.  And because of my interest, I opened my new  
issue of New England Ancestors Holiday 2008 Vol 9, nos 5-6 this  
morning instead of filing it in the "after Christmas Pile".   What  
caught my attention is the article that is featured on the cover:   
Crossing Borders Slavery in Two New England Families.  This article   
appears on page 20 and is written by Rev David Allen Pettee.

It is a fascinating account of the author's research on his own slave  
owning ancestor and also on the slave family owned by his family.   
Because I enjoyed reading it so much, I thought that I would pass  
along the information in case someone on the list would also find it  
of interest, too.  This is not a Virginia family, but I think that you  
will find his research to be inspiring and thought provoking.   Marsha  
Moses

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