Why was Regina King's ancestor in prison?

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Actress Regina King investigates her maternal family tree and uncovers an ancestor who was a radical civil rights activist in Alabama; a man who came out of slavery, endured horrific violence, but never stopped fighting for his people.
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@WVgirl1959 Год назад

Maybe Moses started late so his children would be free

@fabriennealexander2254 Год назад

My thoughts as well

@jennaveehayes3011 Год назад

Moses was already free by his 40s according to the show and immanicpation had already taken place. So any children born after immancipation was free. So for about 40yrs they have to figure out why he didn't have any!

@WVgirl1959 Год назад

@@jennaveehayes3011 he was born in 1820.

@WVgirl1959 Год назад

@@jennaveehayes3011 emancipation might or might not have began in 1865, but that still would only make him 45 at emancipation.

@WVgirl1959 Год назад

@@fabriennealexander2254 yes, since he was born in 1820 that makes sense. Or he hadn't found the right woman. 😊

@Majestic1 Год назад

Nicka and Regina in the same shot! That's gold.

@jeansimpson2373 Год назад

In those decades, some men had more than one wife, especially if the first died in child birth or from an epidemic or whatever; so, it could be that in this census they are looking at a second or even third wife.

@seekingserenity2973 Год назад

My great grandmother married at 12 years of age to her husband aged @ 24 to 26 year old , married until his death , she did not remarry .

@zxcccccc1 Год назад

Very common, adulthood started very early.

@sylviaplayerbennett8684 Год назад

What happened next.? So interesting. Unfortunate your grandfather the teacher was judged by Alabama justice system. Where did they move after prison and did he continue as an educator? Life was so unnecessarily complicated for our ancesters.

@chrismorgan9153 10 месяцев назад

If he was listed on the 1900 census as being in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, we can assume he went from Tuscaloosa to Wetumpka between 1870 and 1900, but probably closer to 1870, if only to get out of Tuscaloosa after he was cleared of the gambling charges. We can also assume he remained a teacher simply because teachers in freed communities in Alabama were few and far between at that time. It would be fascinating to know what happened in the 30 year gap, though. I would hope he met his wife in Wetumpka, had all of those kids, taught school, and died a really old man surrounded by his very large family.

@pamelaknecht5814 10 месяцев назад

I’m disappointed that they didn’t finish more of his story, I was very interested in hearing more of what happened to him. Like why he was placed into prison, and was it for something he never did wrong. I felt like I was left hanging and definitely wanting more.

@orbiebibbee2998 Год назад

Regina King is great love that girl.

@tiffanyb.9551 Год назад

In my ancestry search, I’ve found men (enslaved) with multiple wives because they (the men) were sold to other plantations. I completely understand Moses’ story and why he would have had so many children when he was so old. In addition, I also believe that if his children were born after 1861, he wanted to ensure that they would be BORN FREE.

@Rebelartist83 Год назад

Sounds like he most certainly got a late start so his kids could have a fighting and free chance

@nrivera4380 Год назад

How fascinating!

@jasonbrogdon8841 Год назад

Can’t be mad at him he lived in his time 👍👍👍👍🙏

@samiam2088 11 месяцев назад

Sounds like he may have had more than one family, one when he was younger and another at a later age.

@vetgmacatmomfl2055 Год назад

My gpas last child was born in 1954. He was 72.

@kf4777 10 месяцев назад

He was also in the 1880 census. The researcher is missing several sources.

@athenarockett3088 10 месяцев назад

Look at Jehovah God blessing this beautiful family

@Hamzakhan-dt3gv Год назад

Interesting 😮😮😮😮

@sr2291 10 месяцев назад

She was 18 and he was 51 when they were married.

@gerdcelinejensen8294 Год назад

Wow indeed! 🙈🙊🙏❤️

@GiGiBaBy707 Год назад

❤ Welcome to the Cain family

@clwbchbabycakes Год назад

You wonder why he started so late??? I wonder why a woman young enough to be his granddaughter would marry someone so old??!!! 😳

@WVgirl1959 Год назад

He probably had property which would have made him very prosperous but women couldn't have that so they had to have a dang man.

@rosemarydement-tucker4111 Год назад

Back to the ocean Mermaid, clearly you don't know about that era. Read some before you go.

@jennifercardenas4077 Год назад

Y’all need to do these in parts. I’m not interested in everyone y’all post smh.

@mzwright2745 Месяц назад

Do not let these gatekeepers do your families Genealogy. They will always, always, mislead you. They never even bothered to let Ms. King know about the other great people in her family. It's absolutely sickening and, definitely done on purpose.

@OmarIbnSayyid 18 дней назад

I’m just 5 minutes in and already wondering what did you even mean. I guess I’ll see soon.

@dakotac180 Год назад

Woah Moses was definitely trying to build generational wealth, all them kids so late.

@jtc2366 Год назад

Of course he was

@gb23a Год назад

Gee that's a no-brainer. Hence the crime today in society

@nancyross3964 9 месяцев назад

The beginning or end was not there!!

@kf4777 10 месяцев назад

He probably had many children being inslaved. Moses married his wife in Mary Meadows 1871. He had 5 children in 1880. He was a farmer only.

@debraf.3270 8 месяцев назад

Moses could have had other children earlier but was sold away from them or they sold away from him.

@Smokestacklightin 9 месяцев назад

It is most like Moses had a family long before this marriage. It was very....common for men especially to have had multiple sets of families with multiple wives. Women died often during childbirth and there was so much seperation during enslavement. A way to possibly track his bloodline would be through dna. There's also the slim chance that there may be details in some court recods pertaining to the owner. Moses may be listed in such records such as wills or bill of sales should your search lead to find the owner which is always a must in researching African Americans during the years of enslavement. Im the product of many second sets of children on both sides. My father was a second set...his father a second set. Which means my great grandparents were enslaved for over 30+ years. He was 130+ years older then myself.

@kathleenmartin7498 Год назад

The genealogist looks like she could be Michelle Obama's sister.

@HORSEYANIME2024 Год назад

Is she related to Martin Luther king jr or bill Crosby?

@lesam4665 10 месяцев назад

Bill’s last name is Cosby I believe, not Crosby.

@SharonDoucette 10 месяцев назад

I’ve been researching my ancestry for about 25 years. One thing genealogists tell you is that although the names aren’t spelled identically there still may be a connection. Crosby, Causby or Cosby could all be related. In my family on my paternal grandmother’s side, there are Hagans, Hagens, Haggins-all related by blood. For whatever reasons sometimes family members may alter the spelling of their names or it could be attributed to a misspelling by the individual recording the data. In my late husband’s family, some of his relatives spell their surname’Doucet’, he spells it ‘Doucette’. He said that when he joined the Army someone change the spelling of his name and he just went with it. His siblings all changed the spelling as well.

@dwaynejordan5898 Месяц назад

@@lesam4665 you do know in the past(with cursive writing and illiteracy) many names have evolved willfully or by error?

@anniep855 Год назад

Of course there was slavery. Shocker.

@Onnioni1 Год назад

The editor was a democrat.

@janetslicer3637 Год назад

Yes, but we know what that means today. A Republican and the worse kind of bigot!

@StanRLee Год назад

The democratic party back in the day of this newspaper article is NOT what we know as the democratic party of today. Both the Republican Party and Democratic Party we know of as today, has completely morphed from what they were in the 1800's.