Where did this story and the information come from?

 

 

Great question! In October of 2012 I had a dream. My dreams play out like a movie and are very in-depth normally.  This time I woke up overwhelmed at the story and for the first time was intent that it be shared. The creation of this book took more effort, time and knowledge than I ever dreamed. In the end, I’m glad I did it and hope you are too.

I wanted to find an actual doctor from the 1700’s of African descent. I found a nurse, but not a doctor. I ended up choosing a man from that era named Kofi Cuffee/Slocumb and his wife, Ruth Moses from the Wampanoag Indian tribe. They had eleven children and one was a famous mariner. His African/Indian race never stopped him from becoming a mighty business man and hero by bringing liberated slaves to Sierra Leone. If you want an inspiring story from our past, Paul Cuffee is your man.  I fabricated Dr. David Cuffee as one of his potential brothers.

 

Paul Cuffee: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/who-led-the-1st-back-to-africa-effort/

Other Facts:

 

Harriet Tubman-Woman’s Suffrage Movement: http://www.harriet-tubman.org/tag/womens-suffrage/  The early years of the Women’s Rights Movement date back to 1848 when for the first time small groups of women who had been working individually joined together in the National Women’s rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

 

Wampanoag people: In the beginning of the 17th century, at the time of first contact with the English, the Wampanoag lived in southeastern Massachusetts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_people

 

History of Sierra Leone: Was used as a refuge for slaves freed by naval action in the Atlantic.  Known as 'recaptives', as many as 50,000 previous slaves were brought in British vessels to Freetown.  Read more: http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad45#ixzz39wlvdbYR

 

The New York Sun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(New_York) The Sun was a major New York newspaper that was published from 1833 until 1950

 

The Restoration Movement: http://earlychurch.com/Restoration.php   a movement to restore primitive Christianity with the Bible as their only guide. It sprung up in America in the early 1800’s. Currently Christians worshipping under the ‘Bible Only’ premise are known as the “Church of Christ.”

 

Temne People: The Temne are predominantly found in the Northern Province, including the national capital Freetown. Protestant missionaries accompanied the founding of Freetown in the late eighteenth century, and most of the new settlers were Protestant Christians.

 

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