PRESERVED IS PRESERVED FOREVER! HIS MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME WAS FISH, WHICH ILLUSTRATES WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PRONOUNCE ALL OF THE VARIATIONS OF A NAME BEFORE BLESSING A CHILD WITH THEIR NAME. MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THE 1ST EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES OCCURRED IN 1862. ACTUALLY, THERE WAS AN EARLIER EMANCIPATION… In 1836, 27 years before Lincoln abolished slavery, U.S. Congressman John Quincy Adams (and former U.S. President) first introduced the explosive question of slave emancipation and the “war power.” During a debate over reparations for refugees from Creek hostilities in Georgia and Alabama, Adams shocked his fellow Congressmen by arguing that, at … Continue reading Find My Ancestors- October 16, 2021