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 I was 25 years old when the world changed that September morning in 2001. My mother woke me up, telling me that a plane had hit the World Trade Center in New York City. Half-asleep, I remember saying,  That doesn’t make any sense. Pilots can see those buildings.  But when I got out of bed and turned on the TV, I watched in horror as the second plane struck. In that moment, I knew it wasn’t an accident. It was deliberate. The images and sounds from that day are still burned into my memory. But what haunts me just as much is what came after. Instead of drawing us closer, fear and anger caused many to turn on those who looked different, prayed differently, or thought differently. And in the 24 years since, it feels as though the division has only deepened. Instead of uniting, humanity is unraveling. Harsh rhetoric is now commonplace. People are quick to point fingers and label others as the enemy simply because they disagree. Our country is tearing itself apart from within—...

My fourth great-grandmother was a woman named Deborah Simpson. Her maiden name is unknown to me, as is the name of her husband. She had seven children with this husband before he died sometime in the late 1820s.  Her children were Nancy, an unknown male, Anna, an unknown male, an unknown male, Lucinda and William.  The first record I found for Deborah was the 1830 census record. She was found living in Jameston, Martin County, North Carolina. Below is what that census recorded: white males 5 to 9 years old = 2 white males 10 to 14 years old = 2 white females 5 to 9 years old = 1 white females 10 to 14 years old = 1 white females 40 to 49 years old = 1 The next record I found was the 1840 census. She was living in District 1, Martin County, North Carolina. Below is what that census recorded.  white males 10 to 14 years old = 1 white females 15 to 19 years old = 2 white females 30 to 39 years old = 1 white females 50 to 59 years old = 1 The next record I found for Deborah w...

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 So I decided to write a book about the Coley brothers' case that I had been writing about for this blog. I just finished it and self-published it yesterday through Books.by The book can be found at the following link. https://books.by/henrydparrishjr It's titled: Blood, Justice & The Coley Brothers