Press Releases from CAAGRI (2 total)
Reclaiming Our Time: Genealogy and DNA 'Big Reveal" for nine families in Richmon …
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia: The Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization that specializes in reclaiming the historical personal narratives of the African diaspora has announced its 'Big Reveal' signature program, Reclaiming Our Time, in Richmond, Virginia. Reclaiming Our Time first launched in the City of Fredericksburg in 2022 and revealed a network of abolitionists and DNA ancestry traceable to Senegal, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jamaica, and Italy among other nations.…
William & Ellen Craft Descendants Retrace Ancestors Footsteps At Juneteenth-Aqui …
The Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc. (CAAGRI) has announced that the descendants of legendry escaped slaves, William and Ellen Craft, will retrace their ancestors footsteps at Aquia Landing on Saturday, June 25, 2011 during the Rappahannock Regional Juneteenth Celebration.
On December 18, 1848, husband and wife William and Ellen Craft fled their Georgia captors disguised as a infirmed white male planter (Ellen) with her husband playing the role…
