Genealogy Wise
John Patten
Male
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Profile Information:
- What surnames are you interested in researching?
- ASHMORE - Derbyshire, UK> NSW, Australia
AVERY - Bundjalung, Clarence River, NSW, QLD, Australia
BETTY - Dorset, Somerset, UK
BETTY-FISHER - Dorset, Somerset, UK
COLLITS - UK> NSW, Australia
DEMPSEY - Co. Kildare, IRELAND> Australia
FISHER-BETTY - Dorset, Somerset, UK
FISHER - Dorset, Somerset, Devon, UK>NSW, Australia
GAUNT - Derbyshire, UK> SA, VIC, NSW, Australia
HALLETT - Somerset, UK
HALLETT FISHER - Middlesex UK> NSW, Australia
MARSHALL - Manchester, UK> NSW, Australia
MCNAMARA - Co. Galway, IRELAND> NSW, Australia
MOORE - Worcestershire, UK> NSW, Australia
MORRIS - Warwickshire, UK> NSW, Australia
MORTIMER / MORTIMOR / MORTIMORE - Devon, UK>Sussex, UK> NSW, Australia
PAGE - Co. Clare, IRELAND> NSW, Australia
PATTEN - Yorta Yorta, Murray River, VIC, NSW, Australia
PULLEY - UK> NSW, Australia
ROPE - London, UK> NSW, Australia
SMITH - Stockholm, SWEDEN> VIC, NSW, Australia
TATHAM - Durham, Yorkshire, UK> VIC, NSW, Australia - What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
- Australia, Ireland, England, Sweden, Bundjalung, Yorta Yorta
- What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
- Advanced Family History Researcher
- If you are a genealogy expert, what are your specialties?
- Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal) genealogy
- Do you have a genealogy website or blog or belong to a Genealogy Society?
- pattenproject.com/family
Geniaus
Jul 22, 2009
Alane Roundtree
Thank you for your kind words. I am very happy to make your acquaintance.
You said,
Officially it wasn't slavery, but when you're not allowed to leave the place you are forced to live in squalor, and you aren't paid for your services - what else is there to call it?
Of course, slavery by another name is still slavery.
If you haven’t had a chance to read Pulitzer Prize winning author, Douglas A. Blackmon’s book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black American from the Civil War to World War II, (Doubleday, New York, 2008) I would highly recommend it.
During his recent journey to Ghana, President Barack Obama reflected on the reality of slavery, not just in America, but around the world:
"I think the way it has to be thought about, the reason it's relevant is because whether it's what's happening in Darfur or what's happening in the Congo or what's happening in too many places around the world -- you know, the capacity for cruelty still exists."
And is still very much with us.
So, wherever we’re witnessing or researching the enslavement of others, be it the US, Australia, or “too many other places around the world,” it’s man’s greed, intolerance and inhumanity which remain the common threads that bind all the stories together.
It’s important work you’re doing John. I wish you well as you continue your journey.
Best Wishes,
Alane
Jul 23, 2009
Richard Dahlqvist
Well, the name John Smith isn't all that common here in Sweden.
The problem though in your case is that Stockholm is a nightmare to check.
You really need the correct parish within Stockholm the even begin to think about checking his life.
Do you have ANY information about when or exactly where in Stockholm your ancestor was born?
Cheers
Richard
Aug 11, 2009
Jodee James
Aug 30, 2009
Jim Avery
Sep 10, 2009
Richard Dahlqvist
Sep 22, 2009