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  1. archive.org/details/tampa-afam

    Family Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County by Canter Brown, Jr.; Barbara Gray Brown

    Topics
    #hillsboroughcounty, #Tampa, #TampaBay, #genealogy, #familyhistory, #florida, #historyofflorida, #colonialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #Afroamerikangenealogy, #Africanamerikanhistory, #Africandiaspora, #Afrikandiaspora, #colonization

    "This pathfinding book recounts the stories of one hundred and seven pioneer African American families. While genealogical research always challenges historians, this work presented special problems which the authors have surmounted to reveal a past often thought to be beyond the historical record."

  2. archive.org/details/skip-ances

    Ancestors of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia from Africa, West Africa, and Europe by Jane Ailes; Johni Cerny; Oprah Winfrey; D. Brenton Simons; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Topics
    #genealogy, #maryland, #virginia, #westvirginia, #Africa, #WestAfrica, #europe, #Africanhistory, #historyofAfrica, #Africanamerikanhistory, #Africanamerikangenealogy, #Afroamerikanhistory, #Afroamerikangenealogy, #unitedstatesofamerika, #blackchattelslavery, #transatlanticslavetrade, #HenryLouisGates, #HenryLouisGatesJr., #genetics

    Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society