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From: "Mic Barnette" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Madagascar and Africa to USA slave trade
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:26:38 -0600
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Hi Marian:

I just reread your note where you say your former slave lady was age 30 in
1880. It is not likely she would have been the one born in Africa. It is
possible one of her parents, but, more likely her grandparents or even
further back ancestors may have come from Madagascar.

As you stated in your note, the slave trade in the US ended in 1808. It did
not end in other countries until sometimes much later. You also said there
was contraband slave entries after 1808.. This is true but they were usually
smaller, clandestine landings. There are numerous court cases where some of
these landings were caught and persecuted.

The 1880 census, as you know, has a place of birth for parents. You might
see if you can find her parents alive in 1880 or 1870 if they lived that
long and see what they say about the birthplaces of their parents in 1880.

My previous email stated there was a connection for slave trading with the
French and Spanish in the Port of New Orleans. New Orleans was owned by
France and then by Spain until 1803 when the Americans took over as a result
of the Louisiana Purchase. There was always trade, including slave trade,
from New Orleans up river to Missouri and Kentucky. The possibility of New
Orleans being your port of entry is possibly as great or greater (with a
suspected Madagascar connection) than with an American East Coast entry
point.

MIC

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas/Ungaro" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 2:59 AM
Subject: [APG] Madagascar and Africa to USA slave trade


> Hi,
>
> I've been away from the list for a while. We wish everyone peaceful and
> pleasant holidays.
>
> Does anyone know what progress there's been lately in compiling U.S. slave
> & slave trading records w/ information on African places of origin, or
> origins
> & dates of ships arriving from Africa, the Caribbean, etc?
>
> I have the story of a woman who was enslaved in Missouri, and possibly KY
> before, who said she was brought to the USA from MADAGASCAR.
>
> Madagascar, the world's 4th largest island, lies off Mozambique on the
> southeast coast of Africa. It was a major source of people during the
slave
> trade.
>
> This woman, Priscilla Yancy Miller, her husband Edward Miller and their
> children are on the 1880 Leavenworth KS census, which lists her born in
MO.
>
> So, was she born in Madagascar or Missouri?
>
> I think the 1880 census listed her as being in her 30's, so if she
recalled
> that she or an immediate family member was brought to the US from
> Madagascar, they would have had to be transported into enslavement
> well after the international slave trade was abolished in 1808. That law
> was
> broken a lot.
>
> Information she left says around the time enslavement ended, which would
> have been 1863, she walked all the way from Missouri into Kansas across a
> bridge over the Missouri River. Where might this have been? She may have
> been travelling from the Moniteau/Cooper counties' area in Central MO.
>
> Happy holidays.
>
> Marian Douglas
>
>
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