Elizabeth J. West is the John B. and Elena Diaz-Verson Amos Distinguished Chair in English Letters and codirector of Academics of the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora at Georgia State University. She is also the author of African Spirituality in Black Women's Fiction.
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Finding Francis, finding family, freeing history Francis is found. Beyond Francis, a family is found—in archival material that barely deigned to notice their existence. This is the story of Francis Sistrunk and her children, from enslavement ... SEE MORE