Season 5
Pullman porters, railroad workers, unions, and more. Researching an ancestor’s occupation can add breadth to a family history project. In this episode, learn tips and tricks and how to find records that document ancestors while on the job.
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Episode Resources
- They Call Me George: The Untold Story of The Black Train Porters, Cecil Foster
- Knights of the Razor: Black Barbers in Slavery and Freedom, Douglas W. Bristol, Jr.
- Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey, Theodore Kornweibel Jr.
- Industrial Bank, B Doyle Jr Mitchell (Author), Patricia A Mitchell (Author), Dr Lisa Frazier Page (Contributor)
- Slavery’s Metropolis: Unfree Labor in New Orleans during the Age of Revolutions, Rashauna Johnson