Stay Tuned for Other Speaking Engagements

Past Speaking Engagements:

November 9, 2017:  

October 18th-21st, 2017 University of Virginia, Charlottesville

September 13, 2017 Belle Haven Club, Greenwich, CT 

August 17, 2017

March 2017:

“A Look at Connecticut Slavery Personified: My Lyon-Green-Merritt Ancestors” Sunday, March 26, at 2pm, Greenwich Preservation Trust Heritage Speaker Series, Garden Education Center of Greenwich.

February 2017:

“Don’t Erase Us From History: Why Black Cemeteries Matter,” Saturday, February 25th at 3pm, Laurelton-Queens (Laurelton, Queens, NY) Library

http://www.queenslibrary.org/event/dont-erase-us-from-history-why-black-cemeteries-matter 

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If you would like to schedule a presentation with me, please contact me at RRBBGenealogy@gmail.com. 

I am available to speak on the following topics: 

African-American Genealogy

Puerto Rican Genealogy

Slavery in the North

Free Blacks in the Northeast

Early Black Abolitionists in NJ, NY, & CT

Abolitionism in Connecticut

Greenwich and The Undergorund Railroad

Westchester County, NY and East Port Chester/Rye (Byram) and the Underground Railroad

The Presence of Afro-Dutch and Malagasy Slaves in 17th and 18th Century NY, NJ & CT

The New York to Madagascar Slave Trade in the Late 1600s-Early 1700s

The Afro-Dutch Presence in New Amsterdam

The Historical Importance of African-American Cemeteries

The Fight to Save the Byram African-American Cemetery in Greenwich, CT

Genetic Genealogy for Beginners

DNA Testing for Beginners

DNA Trail from Madagascar to New York/New Jersey

DNA Trail from Madagascar to Virginia

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Press Coverage

https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Descendants-continue-battle-over-Byram-Cemetery-13136200.php

My URRR article is on Page 8 of this issue:

https://issuu.com/blackwestchester/docs/april_2018

https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Dispute-over-potential-Byram-burial-ground-12729543.php

http://www.blackwestchester.com/byram-cemetery-and-ugrr-legacy/

http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Legal-battle-over-Greenwich-land-near-cemetery-12381681.php

https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Homeowners-sue-town-over-cemetery-claim-12282665.php

htttp://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Researcher-uncovers-forgotten-part-of-her-past-12243339.php?cmpid=fb-tablet 

https://www.greenwichsentinel.com/2017/09/29/celebrating-the-new-historical-site-dynamic-history-of-a-house/

https://greenwichfreepress.com/around-town/arts/greenwich-preservation-trust-heritage-speaker-series-presents-a-look-at-connecticut-slavery-personified-my-lyon-green-merritt-ancestors-with-teresa-vega-83509/

http://www.montclairlocal.news/wp/index.php/2017/03/16/montclair-public-library-teresa-vega-on-saving-a-sacred-space/ 

https://greenwichfreepress.com/news/government/cousins-who-met-through-ancestry-com-want-historic-black-cemetery-in-byram-protected-preserved-and-interpreted-71542/

https://greenwichfreepress.com/news/government/attorney-for-neighbors-of-desecrated-african-american-cemetery-no-proof-there-is-a-cemetery-there-73657/