È il 1619 e il mondo di John Gowen, quattordici anni, è stato appena distrutto. Tutto quello che ha saputo della sua ex casa in Africa è perduto. Giovanni, e altri 350 angolani, furono catturati come bottino di guerra dal Portogallo, caricati su due navi schiave, e salpati per le Americhe. Nel profondo del ventre del Leone Bianco, siede tra i morti e morenti mentre fa il viaggio lungo mesi. Eppure, nonostante i suoi tragici inizi, è cresciuto fino a diventare un uomo significativo.
Quando ho studiato i miei lontani antenati e sono arrivati i risultati del mio DNA, ho scoperto novantacinquesimi bisnonni. Sulla mia linea paterna diretta c'era Thomas Christopher "Sobering Wind" Gowen (nero, bianco e in parte Cherokee). Ero scioccato e stupito. Come potrebbe essere? Avevo i capelli rossastri/biondi, lentiggini e occhi azzurri.
Alla ricerca di Thomas, Ho scoperto il mio settimo bisnonno, John Gowen. Fu tra i primi venti o trenta africani a venire nell'insediamento coloniale americano britannico di Jamestown, in Virginia, nel 1619, dieci anni prima che i pellegrini sbarcassero. Quello che ha fatto della sua vita da quattordicenne, nero, servo a contratto, solo in un nuovo mondo inesplorato, che divenne uno dei primi uomini neri liberati in Nord America, è stato sorprendente.
Ho incluso suggerimenti in A Man of Significance per aiutarti a conoscere uno dei tuoi antenati. Puoi provare gioia nel lontano che trovi, cancellare le delusioni del passato e abbracciare l'amore. Potresti essere sorpreso da ciò che trovi e goderti la verità di base che la famiglia è tutto.
Devi ascoltare la storia di John Gowen. Era davvero un uomo significativo. Questo libro di saggistica narrativa è per tutti.
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Paperback. Condizione: Good. 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 "Sobering Wind" 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. Codice articolo 00102207456
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Paperback. Condizione: Good. 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 "Sobering Wind" 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. Codice articolo CIN1736511092G
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