Man of Significance (eBook)

Doris Gaines Rapp (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
196 Seiten
Daniel's House Publishing (Verlag)
979-8-9885283-0-2 (ISBN)

Infos

It's 1619, and fourteen-year-old John Gowen's world was just destroyed. All he has known of his former home in Africa is lost. John, and 350 other Angolans, were captured as spoils of war by Portugal, loaded onto two slave ships, and sailed for the Americas. Deep in the belly of The White Lion, he sits among the dead and dying as he makes the months-long voyage. Yet, despite his tragic beginnings, he grew up to be a man of significance.When I researched my distant ancestors and my DNA results came in, I discovered ninety 5th great-grandparents. On my direct paternal line was Thomas Christopher "e;Sobering Wind"e; Gowen (black, white, and part Cherokee). I was shocked and amazed. How could that be? I had reddish/blond hair, freckles, and blue eyes. Researching Thomas, I discovered my 7th great-grandfather, John Gowen. He was among the first twenty to thirty Africans to come to the British Colonial American settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, ten years before the Pilgrims landed. What he did with his life as a fourteen-year-old, black, indentured servant, alone in an unchartered new world, who became one of the first freed black men in North America, was amazing. I've included prompts in A Man of Significance to help you learn about one of your ancestors. You can take joy in the distant one you find, erase disappointments of the past, and embrace love. You may be surprised by what you find and enjoy the basic truth that family is everything.You must hear John Gowen's story. He was truly a man of significance. This narrative nonfiction book is for everyone.

Inhalt

1         Grandpa John 

2         The Universal Family

3         Blessed

4         The New World

5         Who are Your People?

6         The Land of Ndongo

7         The Land Your Early Family Called Home

8         John Gowen's Homeland

9         Your Search for Your Ancestor's Homeland

10       Social Structure

11       Slave History in Your Ancestor's Country-of-Origin

12       Portugal's Attempts at Colonization

13       Religion of Angola

18       Clothing of Ndongo

19       The Traditional Clothing of Your Country

20       Family

21       Family Life in Your Ancestor's Home

22       Girls

23       Courting Practices

24       Villages and Language

25       Your Family's Language

26       Growth and Development of the Virginia Colony

27       Growth of Your Ancestor's Homeland

28       Freedom

29       Event(s) in the Life of Your Lost One

30       Second Generation: Mihill (Michael) Gowen, Son of John Gowen

31       Third Generation: Thomas Christopher Gowen

32       A Little History of Jamestown Nearby Neighbors

33       Points of Historic Interest in Your Ancestor's Country

34       Slave Law

35       Blessed

36       Are You Blessed?

37       A Man of Significance

38       Your Own Significant Relative

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.7.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 1619 • DNA genealogy search • First Black Americans • first free man of color • Jamestown Settlement • slave trade • White Lion
• ISBN-13: 979-8-9885283-0-2 / 9798988528302