"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids--and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

 - Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"

Angela Allen Henry

Inside Book Cover, The Five Negro Presidents, by J. A. Rogers

Description of the book cover, The Five Negro Presidents, by J. A. Rogers (research by Angela Allen Henry).

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Renty Fields Bythewood

Photo of Pastor Renty Fields Bythewood.  He was the father of Harriet Ford, wife of Major George Ford. Pastor Bythewood was the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaufort, South...

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Where is West Ford's Body?

Descendants and Sisters, Linda Allen Hollis, Angela Allen Henry, and Joy Allen Stone, stand by the old tomb of George Washington.  In Ford oral history, West Ford's remains were...

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At the Gala 2018

West Ford Descendants at the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum Gala 2018. From left to right: Joy Allen Stone, Timothy Ford Allen and wife Patty, Anthony...

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West Ford Descendants Visiting Cemetery

Ford descendants visiting the eight family members buried at Camp Butler Cemetery. From left to right: Joy Allen Stone, Carol Adams Allen, Timothy Ford Allen, Linda Allen Hollis, Angela Allen...

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