Sarah Rose, Freelance Writer talks to host Erin Kienzle about writing in Charleston Women Magazine including a high-profile article about how Margaret Seidler, who is white found a connection through a DNA website from an African American woman who identified herself as Margaret’s cousin, and asked her to help fill in the blanks of her ancestry which she could only trace back through the 1870. In looking at her family’s genealogy it turns out Margaret’s family had high-profile slave traders hidden in their past. Margaret decided to write a book and got connected with John W. Jones, an acclaimed artist from Columbia. In less than a year John looked through old newspaper ads past the ink on the old newspapers into the souls of the slaves who were being sold painting over 60 paintings to depict the people who in those advertisements.
Margaret’s book ended up helping create a growing movement bridging the gap between the races. For more interesting details on this story and others, join Sarah and Erin as they discuss more articles in this episode of Charleston Women Podcast.
