The Virginia Room Biography Files, Undated

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The Virginia Room Biography Files, Undated

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=fcpl/vif00004.xml

The Virginia Room Biography Files consist of 15.5 linear feet and consist of over 1,200 folders on Fairfax County families and individuals. Folders contain news clippings, articles, obituaries, genealogies, photocopies, correspondence, unpublished reports and family histories, and reproductions of historical documents.

15.5 linear feet

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Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11637663

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Quander (Family)

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The Quander family is believed to be the oldest documented African-American family that has come from African ancestry to present day America. They are from the Fanti tribe of the Akan peoples in modern day Ghana. A man by the name of Egya Amkwandoh was kidnapped during the African slave trade during the late 17th century and transported to the United States. According to official slave records, when slave owners asked for his name, and he answered “Amkwandoh,” which was misinterpreted as “I am...