One Drop : My Ancestor the Slave

by Janet Dagley

One My Ancestor the Slave is the third book in the series One Family's An Ancestral History. John Punch, ancestor of both the author and President Barack Obama, was sentenced to a lifetime of servitude by a Virginia court in 1640, unlike his white co-defendants. Because his wife was white, all his descendants (other than President Obama and his descendants due to his African father) were legally considered white. This book follows one line of John Punch descendants through the generations to the present day.
Surnames features in this book
Bunch
Gwynn
Slayden
Crumie
Hibbs
Phillips
McGhee
Patterson
Cole
Reynolds
Daugherty
Duncan
Dagley

37 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 8, 2025

Reviews

[Kathie Daulton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative, clear. Super interesting to genealogy fans. The author has a good grasp of the complexity of lines descended from the earliest Virginia settlers.