Brian Sheffey is working on a paid research case that has gripped his interest. One reason why this case intrigues him is it is very different from the research he has done for his own family. On both of his parents’ side of the family tree that involves enslaved people, his parents’ enslaved ancestors were kept mainly within their respective enslaving families. Their direct ancestors also rarely left the colony or state where they were enslaved.

The case he is working on couldn’t be more different. It involves the multiple movements of enslaved people across the nascent United States.  He thought he would do a write-up in the form of a case study for the work he has done to-date.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://genealogyadventures.net/2020/09/17/case-study-researching-enslaved-people-taken-or-sold-downriver/