DEAS, JOHN SULLIVAN, tinsmith and salmon canner; b. c. 1838 in South Carolina; m. 4 Sept. 1862 at Victoria, Vancouver Island, to Fanny Harris by whom he had at least eight children; d. 22 July 1880 in Portland, Ore. John Sullivan Deas, described as a mulatto, was a tinsmith in Charleston and San Francisco before [...]
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Fraser River
The Black History on Salt Spring Island
on January 7th, 2010
Evelyn C. White The Afro News Salt Spring Island With the blockbuster success of his book Roots (1976) and the subsequent television miniseries, author Alex Haley tapped into a deep longing among the descendants of enslaved blacks to claim ties with our African forebears. It was my understanding of this history that prompted me to [...]
