Teresa Vega

Whew! Endogamy is a BIG THANG in my family. Uncles and nieces, first cousins...Learn all about it here.

The Life and Times of Black Patriot Samuel Freeman: Born Free and Enslaved During the American Revolution On April 5th, 2024, I was inducted into the Daughters of the America Revolution (DAR) for the wartime service of my 5x great-grandfather, Samuel Freeman (1754–c.1840)—a significant milestone.2 Born…

Here is my latest article on my 5x ggf. #DAR #FBA #NewAmsterdam #NewNetherlands #FirstAfricans #AtlanticCreoles

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Thanks to @rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social, @efsacco.bsky.social, @shamrockgen.bsky.social & everyone who appeared on Season 6!🎙️

Feel free to send em an email at rrbbgenealogy@gmail.com with about ypur project.

The Fate of the Black Loyalists of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, NY, Conclusion This blog post is dedicated to Nora Gavin, the outgoing editor of Connecticut Ancestry. It was both an honor and a pleasure to have her edit all five of my articles on Black Loyalists. I applaud he…

Here is the conclusion of my series on #BlackLoyalists in #Westchester and #Dutchess Counties #NY. ##RevolutionaryWar #AmericanRevolution
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Dear Dems: Polling shows only *generalized* approval of Trump on immigration, but broad opposition to the lawless specifics. If you don't engage on Abrego Garcia and other illegal kidnappings, you only *help* Trump subsume all that under "keeping out illegals."

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From what I have been told, the owner had to resign in order for jer to by back the company. Of course, I will delete my dat if a Plecker buys the company. Holding steady for now.

Kudos to these two artists!

The Fate of the Black Loyalists of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, NY, Part 2 The American revolution left a profound legacy not only for the birth of this nation but also for those who chose loyalty to the British Crown over rebellion. Among these Black Loyalists ── individ…

@shananys.bsky.social Here is my latest article. #RevolutionaryWar #BlackLoyalists #Westchester #Dutchess #NY250 #RR250 #Indigenous #AfroIndigenous #AmericanRevolution
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This new book is a MUST read. My #Indigenous, #African, #AfroIndigenous, and #Malagasy ancestors were survivors of #Dutch the #SlaveTrade.

Joy Reid won't apologize for Trump comments after MSNBC firing

"I am not sorry that I stood up for those things because those things are of God."

🧬 We're back! 🔥Our Season 6 premiere tackles the Fall of #23andMe with genealogists @efsacco.bsky.social & @rrbbgenealogy.bsky.social! We cover DNA privacy concerns and how DNA helps many people of color trace families beyond recent generations.

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The Fall of 23andme/ La Caída de 23andme/ Rediscovering Latinidad Podcast Kudos to the team at Rediscovering Latinidad—Edward Rueda, Briar Rose, Edward Fausto, Jellissa, and Matthew Sambolin—for inviting my cousin, Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, and me to join this important con…

My new blogpost! #RediscoveringLatinidad brought da noise and da funk with The Fall of #23andme .
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I have stood with #MichelleObama since Day 1. I will be standing with her on #MLK Day along with the family of MLK. We will keep fighting the powers that be.

Text of an 1860 newspaper on reports to this effect, reprinting a NY Herald account. The Herald was a really vile paper in those days.

In 1860, conservatives blamed wildfires in Texas on abolitionists and “Lincolnites.” Many were executed merely on suspicion of being vaguely against slavery that year. Pretty easy to see the parallels to claims that “wokeness” and “DEI” are behind California fires today.

Denial is a River on the Hudson: They Don’t Know Jack? To all my fellow culture bearers, public educators, I urge you to  share this exhibition review widely across your social networks. It highlights the challenges we are likely to face as we approach…

Here is my new blog post. Please share with your social networks. We will not stand silently by and see our #Afro-Indigenous #BlackPatriot, John "Rifle Jack" Peterson be erased from history. Please leave comments on my blog. This is unacceptable!
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The Fate of the Black Loyalists of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, NY This multi-part series of articles provides the biographical sketches of Black Loyalists from Westchester and Dutchess Counties, New York who supported the British Crown during the American Revolut…

Hot off the press! My latest article. It's a first of 3. #BlackLoyalists #Westchester #Dutchess #NewYork
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I will be reviewing this novella over the weekend. It looks like a fun read and a needed break from all the history books I am reading.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow night's conversation at the Council 400 talk sponsored by Black Gotham Experience. #Broolyn was always a vibe. My ancestors were the #DoOrDie #Bed-Stuy perps. #VanSalee #Janse #Francisco #Bastian #Anthony #Portugis #Pieters #Canarsie #AfroIndigenous

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It's going to take me more than a minute to get used to the Blue Butterfly, but here I am.