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On this episode we hear from local historians Miranda Burnett and Martin Violette about the slave families sold away from the Monroe’s Highland Plantation to Casa Bianca Plantation in Florida and the genealogical research they are doing to locate their descendants. We also get you in the Halloween spirit with some spooky reads.
Erica mentioned listening to two books on RBDigital:
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
Abby read:
- Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
- The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton
Our program recording this episode is from Northside Library. On September 21st, two local historians from came to talk about their research on the enslaved families of James Monroe’s Highland who were sold to Casa Bianca Plantation in Florida.
You can view the work they discuss on their website.
During their talk they mention the book Dark Places of Earth by Jonathan M. Bryant and the Weevils in the Wheat compilation of oral histories collected by the WPA between 1936-1938.
If you have books you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.
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