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Moses Speese family in Custer County, Nebraska https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/contact daily 0.75 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/2fc4f4d6-bf14-4ad6-8e24-7705bc397368/LeanCanvas.png Contact - Lean Business Model Development Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/7922c857-e6a2-4612-827f-a3c94c5c32ea/BoardofDirectors.jpg Contact - Board of Directors https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/exhibit-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/4904cdeb-976c-4c36-aa99-4699ea2cedf3/Descendants4.jpg Exhibit 1 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/exhibit-4 daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/1646150707013-5FFPFM3UFZ8D4YXK2AOD/william-p-walker-and-1st-wife-sarah-kersey21.jpg Exhibit 4 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/exhibit-5 daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/88028ab5-e9ec-4bcf-95b1-538fa34503fc/Dewitty8.jpg Exhibit 5 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/exhibit-6 daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/abc5e077-69ed-4842-81e7-93e9f4a85c57/descendants7.jpg Exhibit 6 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/dewittyscavengerhunt daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/d7a76266-2fea-4a57-a2b2-011191d704a6/moorishpalace2.jpg Scavenger Hunt - Alhambra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/02c64db7-cd77-460e-9db7-b4fbabdb99c0/dewittysign.jpeg Scavenger Hunt - DeWitty, NE Sign on Highway 83 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/433c88dd-78e8-4827-8107-e2cc7db7a6fc/MosqueDeLaRuz.jpg Scavenger Hunt - Mosque of Cristo de la Luz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/38e524bb-9563-4ab1-a274-07be9b0998a0/The1799HomeofJudgeJohnOverton.png Scavenger Hunt - Travelers Rest Plantation - Nashville, TN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/663290bc-be9a-4192-b59e-61b4e32a7721/BuxtonNationalHistoricSiteandMuseum.png Scavenger Hunt - Buxton National Historic Site & Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/2e8a6f5d-dd67-422b-be98-65f7f8a7252f/ArthurTrainingCenter.JPG Scavenger Hunt - Arthur DeWItty Job Training Center https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/home daily 1.0 2022-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/3c4b370a-5a17-43b8-b9cf-6f14c14eff6a/queennjanja.jpg Home - We welcome you! Please sign in before beginning your African experience. Learn more about Queen Ann Zingha, and other African Women Leadership by Clicking >>HERE<< Prepare to undergo a journey, with its inception beginning deep in the historic and pre-colonial heart of Africa, crossing the great Atlantic, passing through the American Underground, and ending with triumphant freedom at the longest lasting Black Homestead in Nebraska History, DeWitty (Audacious), Nebraska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/00a13636-47d5-447a-89b0-b2523620e1ab/PortaltotheCompound.jpg Home - The Portal to an igbo compound in Nigeria, West Africa. The Ozo institution is the highest spiritual and social strata in Igboland. Initiates of this institution would contract the carving of an elaborate door, a ritual dating back to Pre-colonial times, made from sacred African Oak, the oji tree, and were used to bridge the human and spirit worlds. Photo: J Stocker, early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/f4a1daf4-08c4-436e-813d-ebfaf2f9a6c8/PrecolonialAfrica_Technology.png Home - Africans through the Ages Placeholder Text https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/816dfdf3-7a64-4c07-bb43-3322a29f05e9/EthiopianCastle.jpg Home - Fasil Ghebbi - Gondar, Ethiopia Placeholder text… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/31837166-aa45-4b64-9bc5-9605c1aa27b8/AfricanRulers1.jpg Home - Kings vs. Queens Placeholder text…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/67e6d399-8408-4e99-9887-fad154266bcb/TheMoors.jpg Home - The Moors Placeholder text… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/f286f575-ea1a-48f0-a073-c22bede4db9c/doorofnoreturn2.jpg Home - A Door to No Return - Ghana, West Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/450ba1b1-d1bb-4203-9a1d-e6b31c47f6f2/slaveship.png Home - 3D Slave Ship Experience by Slavevoyages.org Experience the inner-working and various dynamics of a Slave Ship, by taking a 3-dimensional tour of the two Slave Ships, from 1770-1785, the Marie-Séraphique, and the L'Aurore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/38f58fe5-b25b-4429-8e58-34bde78a57dc/Transatl.png Home - The Transatlantic Experience with Khan Academy Temp text… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/ef61cf9f-383b-41ae-b453-56852519d8b4/equiano_360x450.jpg Home - The Middle Passage Olaudah Equiano, also known by the name Gustavus Vassa, an author, abolitionist, and survivor of The Middle Passage from the Kingdom of Benin, according to his memoir. Enslaved at 13, Olaudah Equiano recorded the fear that he felt about the possibility of being eaten when he was captured: "When I looked round the ship too and saw a large furnace or copper boiling, and a multitude of black people of every description chained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and sorrow, I no longer doubted of my fate; and, quite overpowered with horror and anguish, I fell motionless on the deck and fainted. When I recovered a little I found some black people about me, who I believed were some of those who brought me on board, and had been receiving their pay; they talked to me in order to cheer me, but all in vain. I asked them if we were not to be eaten by those white men with horrible looks, red faces, and loose hair. They told me I was not; and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass; but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out of his hand." - Olaudah Equiano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/c291406b-3314-49ef-9d93-b1daffa8b95e/PlantationSC.jpg Home The side entrance into the main house at Boone Hall Plantation, in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. The side entrance into the main house at Boone Hall Plantation, in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/1e056c8a-40bb-4fa6-841e-db3d57b8d244/m2.JPG Home - Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello As a 5,000 acre plantation, around 130 enslaved men, women, and children lived at Monticello at any given time. About 15 slaves worked in the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/75f133c1-514c-458f-9212-4270fbeb9925/SLAVERCABINSLA.jpeg Home - Evergreen Plantation in Edgard, LA The Evergreen Plantation is historic and relevant as it is the most intact plantation complex in the South with 37 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, including 22 slave cabins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/071d8e88-157d-4176-8baa-e29805a4fa77/SLAVERYINCOLONIESEXP.jpg Home - Slavery in the 13 Colonies Explained Listen to Mr. Beat, tell a short but meaningful historical rendition of Slavery during Colonial times in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/63152c46-fd78-4695-9e2d-f26a63a5a7cc/intlslaverymuseum.png Home - International Slavery Museum Take a Virtual Tour of the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, UK, providing a Contemporary History of Slavery Worldwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/d04803db-47bb-406c-a336-46c0db41755e/Screenshot+2022-02-27+at+04-08-42+Owens-Thomas+House+and+Slave+Quarters+Virtual+Walking+Tour+PBS+LearningMedia.png Home - The Owens-Thomas Plantation House Take a virtual walking tour of the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters, an antebellum home in Savannah, Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/869673d4-475f-4832-9e7e-0ece4223780f/wilberforce.png Home - The Wilberforce House The Wilberforce House, the birthplace of William Wilberforce, who was a British politician, abolitionist and social reformer, provides a unique history of slavery worldwide, located in the High Street, Kingston upon Hull, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/b787d52f-e750-4d62-9309-dea1351e0a15/NYTIMESSlaveryUntoldTruth.jpg Home - The 1619 Project The 1619 Project is a journalistic expression, developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York TImes writer, for the purpose of reframing the narrative of slavery and contributions of African American's to American history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/38cdb9df-5683-4c86-bf7b-16774c839ad8/MagnoliaPlantations.JPG Home - Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina The Magnolia Plantation and well-known Gardens, serve as a historic marker located in South Carolina. It is one of the oldest surviving plantations in the South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/b434f300-1a50-4e9a-9617-ef5a683fea48/The1799HomeofJudgeJohnOverton.png Home - The 1799 Home of Judge John Overton Judge John Overton owned a slave named Emmeline Overton, an ancestor of the DeWItty’s, who would later have children with the son of Judge Overton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/57468753-eaab-423f-b039-28c174054492/AnnabergSugarPlantation.png Home - The Danish Annaberg Sugar Plantation Gain a unique perspective by taking a Virtual Tour in the Virgin Islands, witnessing Colonialism and slavery on a Danish sugar plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/eccadec6-ccb4-44ca-b3c6-49ce64eb51c8/jamestownfort.jpg Home - Jamestown 3D Experience Join the Smithsonian and discover details regarding the everyday life of Jamestown inhabitants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/e84a0ec2-aa18-4d73-932e-1a571ebbd822/underground-railroad-jersey-city-500x500.png Home As far North as New Jersey and Canada, and even Nebraska, former Slaves and their descendants would pass along the Underground to freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/62880f43-1b63-4c81-832f-0cca1653488d/mayhew-cabin-with-john2-1-768x576.jpg Home - The Mayhew Cabin and John Brown’s Cave in Nebraska City, Nebraska One of the furthest Western stops on the Underground Railroad, the Mayhew cabin would become a local landmark, as slaves who sought refuge, we sheltered in Nebraska City, Nebrraka, possibly heading west towards the frontier, or further North to Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/42313ec9-de1f-4b6e-ab50-e5c786b7a7ea/undergroundrr.png Home - Historic Rendition of the Underground Railroad During the Mid 1880’s an estimated 30,000 fugitive slaves escaped into what would now be known as Canada, seeking a better life. Some would return to America to create a new life, while others would never return. Visit Paul Collins Art to purchase and support: https://www.collinsart.org/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/0b15ae7d-d1f8-46ac-988f-d3c967415a95/BuxtonNationalHistoricSiteandMuseum.png Home - Buxton National Historic Site and Museum in Ontario, Canada Descendants of DeWItty joined many other Africans on their journey through the Underground Railroad, making it to Tennessee, and eventually traveling all the way to what is now known as Ontario, Canada for Freedom. The promise of land-ownership in the young State of Nebraska, proved too enticing to pass up. Shannon Prince operates the museum every year in September with a week long celebration to honor those who made it to Canada. After the civil war William P. Walker and 11 families made their way back to America, Overton, Nebraska in 1880, then DeWitty, NE. Also many Black men from the North Buxton settlement came back to fight in the Civil War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/04195633-a032-43d5-bd15-d36bc96ff7aa/experiencetheUDRR.jpg Home - The Legacy of Black Canadian’s on the Underground Railroad Gain new insight and experience with the Toronto Public Library, as it retells parts of an often misunderstood and untold story of the flight of former slaves to freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/e92e1bfd-4a5b-4ea1-a55b-ab63d2097c0f/Thehuntedslaves.jpg Home - Explore Over 2,000 Historical Artifacts on New World Slavery Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to open up such artifacts to the world. Credits: The Hunted Slaves by Richard Ansdell - 1861 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/b2ee77d2-7de5-47e9-a56f-f30ac2a3a7d5/BlackhavenonSteam.jpg Home - Blackhaven (Game) Blackhaven is a first-person narrative game that follows Kendra Turner, a college intern at Blackhaven Hall, a historic mansion burned during the American Revolution. Working alone on a holiday, Kendra uncovers a trail of secrets and misdeeds that spans centuries and may determine her future. [Windows Platform Only]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/bae173d5-6260-4a22-8896-8fe15b52db42/Screenshot+2022-02-27+at+10-22-52+Slavery-+Room+18.png Home - Quick Quiz on Slavery by Amanda Bonser (Game) Test your knowledge and ability to retain by taking this short Quiz on Slavery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/b7e1446a-b406-4eb5-924d-0e4bc1e4f408/flighttofreedom.PNG Home - Flight to Freedom | Mission US (Game) In Flight to Freedom, players take on the role of Lucy, a 14-year-old girl enslaved in Kentucky who escapes to Ohio. As Lucy joins a community of abolitionists, players discover that life in the "free" North is dangerous and difficult. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act threatens all African Americans in the North and brings new urgency to the anti-slavery movement. [Windows/Mac] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/aadb78d4-ff07-4d2b-b371-bc4e8a947397/SodHouseDoorway.jpg Home The DeWitty’s, like many Homesteaders of all races on the Prairie, lived in Sod homes, made from thickly rooted prairie grass, and offered a plentiful building material, when wood for cabins, and other materials were in short supply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/7e0c8ff8-0c51-4f8d-be62-70ef958b901b/dewittyreinact1.jpg Home - Descendants of DeWitty - The Dewitty Audacious Nebraska saga. American film Director Artes Johnson takes a look at Black Homesteading in 1880's Nebraska. DeWitty, Nebraska was the longest lasting and most successful African American settlement in Nebraska history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/17579b03-9b01-4cde-bbd0-d368b674a9e8/blackcowboys.png Home - A Peculiar Set of Men: Nebraska Cowboys on the Open Range There is an untold story of African Americans on the range, and Black cowboys and cow girls. This Article, while broadly covering the history of Cowboys on the Nebraska Open-range generally, the story also details history in Nebraska, made by cowboys of African descent. Credits: History Nebraska (formerly the Nebraska State Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/9d9df8d6-ea07-47ca-9409-d639d11b18ee/DeWittyFinaleNHD.png Home - A History of DeWitty: Nebraska Homestead DeWitty by Dallas Jones A thoughtful and visually appealing narrative of the trials and triumphs of the DeWitty Homesteaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/2920a76c-5485-4353-8445-4a17c2cb9dae/Screenshot+2022-02-27+at+15-18-37+The+Forgotten+Tale+of+DeWitty+African+American+history+of+Nebraska.png Home - Nebraska TV - The Forgotten Tale of DeWitty The Forgotten Tale of DeWitty: African American history of Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/dc4f8fad-f238-4d95-b7d4-27abb64cead0/nebraskastories.png Home - Nebraska Stories: The DeWitty Settlement & More… A heart-felt reunion, and reflection on the legacy of DeWitty, Nebraska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/c4b3af34-b60c-4a77-a506-63bba2d223c5/DeWittyDocumentary.png Home - [Official] The Descendants of DeWitty Documentary The DeWitty, Nebraska Documentary, was made possible by the Omaha Community Foundation and a grant from the African-American Unity Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/9a5319ea-72bf-4f3e-aef1-43fb3171c1f2/museum.jpg Home - Make it stand out The Lewis Museum Shop, Baltimore, MD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/5ed79b92-7e06-4759-856d-3052fdcf710e/IMG_1627.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/c35076ad-9e56-44c2-8751-ce0bd7444ff1/IMG_1626.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/3a347a1c-45ee-415e-af43-4f0fd9f0a8a5/IMG_1629.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/9874514f-eb24-480a-8b7d-73209b6f247a/GranaryDoor.jpg Home These doors protected the window-like opening into each family's grain storage building. Dogon, Mali. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/09b0ac18-c4fc-4687-889f-355ef9e1e9d8/I8IndustriesLogo.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/acac8b4e-5d29-4500-a375-a05f846f6603/nationalparkservicelogodewitty.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/01872980-deec-4341-a4be-2e7113995be0/slavery+in+Brazil2.jpg Home The Reality of Slavery in Brazil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/1646150707013-5FFPFM3UFZ8D4YXK2AOD/william-p-walker-and-1st-wife-sarah-kersey21.jpg Home Sarah Walker and William P. Walker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/9a5f6991-8ba2-4ece-8e07-6ddb5d404ece/earle.jpeg Home Slavery and Abolition in the 19th Century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/a4b8829c-c2a3-4c70-9110-7217e6266b75/Descendants3.jpg Home DeWitty later became known as Audacious, Nebraska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/859ea7a0-70d5-4c1d-b217-454d27507212/NewWorldSlaveryBrazil.jpeg Home The African Slave Trade and Slave life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/4904cdeb-976c-4c36-aa99-4699ea2cedf3/Descendants4.jpg Home Shores Family, 1887. Solomon Butcher Photo Collection, RG2608, PH-1231, Nebraska State Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/88028ab5-e9ec-4bcf-95b1-538fa34503fc/Dewitty8.jpg Home On the Homestead in Dewitty, Nebraska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/49eb0659-4b12-42a1-80b1-40e20166568d/descendants1.jpg Home Members of the St. James African Methodist Episcopal church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/abc5e077-69ed-4842-81e7-93e9f4a85c57/descendants7.jpg Home Cherry County, Nebraska Homesteaders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/d7aaf95a-47f0-46d3-b358-3e48b5d2e859/Descendants6.jpg Home Fernella Austelia Celestial Walker is the daughter of William P. Walker and Charlotte Hatter Riley Walker, William P.'s second wife. Fernalla was comfortable in the saddle, riding on the range and as a school teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/71302ac5-24df-46a1-bc2f-7c196ad1b497/dewitty11.jpg Home The Moses Speese family near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska, 1888 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/66192942-e467-41c5-910a-46a19f475f8c/dewitty10.jpg Home The Shores families near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska, 1887 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/e671fa1c-35f8-424d-a3d8-18932ef7fbca/SlaveryinBrazil4.png Home Brazil was the last place in the Americas to abolish Slavery in 1888. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/747ebfd0-19f0-4412-a1e3-df98b7162c83/Precol1.jpg Home Drummers, trumpeters, and a procession of soldiers celebrate the coronation of the King of Whydah, who sits front and center in the palace courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/58314e85-43f5-4d19-b8d4-56c97d95ccd4/Precol5_.jpg Home Friends and family mourn and celebrate the life of a deceased Congolese man lying in state during a funeral ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/116288a8-4096-43d9-97eb-802f6a00b0a1/Precol6.jpg Home Royal Company of Africa Agent-General Jean Barbot created this three-panel engraving to depict the geography, architecture, and daily life he witnessed in the highlands of Sierra Leone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/f3111e87-edb1-45c4-b406-fd841b15953b/Precol8.jpg Home This colored engraving features the Asante King adorned in gold, while surrounded by his subjects during the Yam Ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/4865dbef-09c3-4988-86ff-ac12f758f95e/Precol7.jpg Home Eighteenth-century Italian artist Antonio Cavazzi depicted Queen Nzinga, of the Kingdom of Kongo, surrounded by drummers, trumpeters, and standard bearers during her seventeenth-century reign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/abccd7e0-8510-4b42-ae06-7deff9436ab0/GhanaKingdom.jpg Home One Arab writer, Al-Hamdani, describes Ghana as having the richest gold mines on Earth. According to one narrative, the King had at his command 200,000 warriors and an additional 40,000 archers. https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/resources daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/exhibit-3 daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/d7aaf95a-47f0-46d3-b358-3e48b5d2e859/Descendants6.jpg Exhibit 3 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/donate daily 0.75 2022-04-13 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/exhibit-2 daily 0.75 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/a0a62ed9-27a2-4e3a-9246-8b91c6ff44be/sundayimage.jpeg Exhibit 2 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/de-witty-souvenir daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/de-witty-souvenir/p/dewitty-t-shirt monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/1646011647266-E6ZW0E4E69VEUHFEPVXB/IMG_1629.jpg Souvenirs - DeWitty T-shirt https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/de-witty-souvenir/p/dewitty-mug monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/1646011685530-LDADE00R8ZLBYO7H5EYI/IMG_1626.jpg Souvenirs - DeWitty Mug https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/de-witty-souvenir/p/dewitty-mouse-pad monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/1646011537928-CDQ8VB6NVHKJMWS2HDMF/IMG_1627.jpg Souvenirs - DeWitty Mouse-pad https://descendantsofdewittyne.org/our-work daily 0.75 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/45803fec-1631-4a0f-bb85-1fac73d3399d/AurthurDeWitty.JPG Our Legacy - In Memory of Arthur DeWitty “Arthur DeWitty is arguably the most important civil rights leader in Austin's history.” - Sean Saldana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/957584d7-ac2e-4c68-97fb-cc2913ef9540/DeWittyFamilyTree.png Our Legacy - The DeWitty Family Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/d308b14c-a428-4e24-a8ba-7cc6171517c0/DorthyDeWitty.jpg Our Legacy - In Memory of Dorothy M. DeWitty | 1926 - December 7, 2012 This Overton family member was a trail-blazing educator, author, and civic leader who later helped bridge community divides as a member of Tulsa's first City Council. Discover more about this DeWitty Trailblazer below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/40567638-e59c-419e-b193-09ded90c72a8/WilliamPWalker.jpeg Our Legacy - In Memorial of William P. Walker William Parker Walker was born in 1831 to George and Margaret Ann who decided to take the last name of their benefactor, Walker, as a symbol of their appreciation for all they have shared with them and the protection they provided. Ohio was not a slave state, but enslavers were allowed to come and reclaim any runaways. Living among the Quakers continued to be a haven for all the Walkers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/4bff7a90-a163-4071-ba68-7c78311e5f08/narrativepage.jpg Our Legacy - Our Narrative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62193130917abc257ddfcf5a/726b9e8e-0a76-443c-98d0-b7431c5290f1/MaryAnnShadd.jpg Our Legacy - In Memory of Mary Ann Cary Shadd An Inductee into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, Mary Ann Shadd, is also a descendant of DeWitty. Mary Ann Cary Shadd family arrived in North Buxton, Ontario Canada with her family about 1858. She married into my family. They name a street after their family in North Buxton, Ontario Canada. Learn more below.