Out of Africa
Reading all of this, sometimes you don't see the obvious. Emma's people are from South Carolina.
Possibly but not conclusively, one of the "7."
Another interesting thing was that within the Irby slaves, there was a set of twins born in 1862, both male. One was named Lum, or Lumsi (meaning "excellent" in African). And the other might have been Cal.
It was feared that fresh slaves from Africa would have re-Africanized the American bred negro slaves they came in contact with, those that had become "sweeter" in disposition over time, like wild honeybees bred with other docile honeybees. No one knew what would happen. But, they adjusted better than was thought.
408 from the Wanderer, and 106 from the Clotilde ships. They were astonished to see men with their own skin color wearing white men's garments.
After 50 years, the forgotten phrases, drumbeats and ring dances would begin again. Just like I heard on Music from Beyond the River, recorded in Gee's Bend in 1941.//
(Photo- The Wanderer, from Wikipedia. Creative Commons License.)
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