The Originals of the Tidewater

A Sovereign Genealogy of The Delmarva Peninsula

von Darnell Martin

160 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Originals of the Tidewater is a sovereign genealogy tracing the deep roots of free Black and Indigenous families across the Delmarva Peninsula - Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. Drawing on decades of primary archival research, local land registries, census records, military service files, and oral tradition, this book documents the unbroken line of families who were not newcomers to this land, but its original inhabitants.From the 1608 Kuskarawaok encounter on the Nanticoke River to the Great Migration to Philadelphia, from the Tidewater watermen who navigated the Chesapeake to the free enclaves of Jumptown and Freetown, this is the story of families who held land, served in every American war, built institutions, and carried their sovereignty through centuries of paper genocide and systemic erasure.Featuring 250+ interconnected surnames - Clark, Pritchett, Matthews, Cephus, Due, Bailey, Wilson, Downes, Acree, Flamer, and many more - The Originals of the Tidewater is part family record, part historical document, and part declaration. The receipts are here. The land is here. The bloodline is here.We are not guests on this land. We are the originals.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176538236
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published