Tag: ancestors

How Mary Lumpkin Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail

Kristen Green & Carolivia Herron

Thank you, my dear Great Great Grandmother Mary Lumpkin. You are Miriam for us, dancing with the timbrel, I hear you from the freedom side of the sea.

Coming Out to My Ancestors

Megan J. Smith

I often wonder what my ancestors would think of me. This comic is one in a series exploring my imagined relationship with my great grandmothers (as well as my relationship to inherited trauma). GG and Rose are part fiction and part based on known relatives and family stories. Our relationship is imperfect, and they often… Read more »