The Persistence of Memory Monuments and Cemeteries A website co-sponsored by Vanderbilt University Libraries, Middle Tennessee State University Walker Library, and the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, with generous support from the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area.
August 2017
McKissacks | Shades of Gray and Blue
As American blacks made the transition from slavery to freedom, many used the trades they had practiced while involuntarily shackled to the institution of thralldom to construct new lives for themselves and their families. One such individual was Moses McKissack (1790-1865) of the West African Ashanti tribe. As a slave, he belonged to William McKissack, who, […]