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Last week, ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, and the ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ in New York all informed me ...
02/15/2026

Last week, ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, and the ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ in New York all informed me that they would be acquiring my book for their collections! Also, yesterday, the ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† said the same!

๐—ฃ.๐—ฆ. This morning, I received the Connecticut Explored newsletter and my book is mentioned! If you haven't yet, please consider pre-ordering my book on Amazon. It helps tremendously in my ranking, which also gets it into more Universities! You can pre-order at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJ2LP7TH/

Still walking...

We find our ancestors; we clean and repair their headstones; we give their stories back to their current-day descendants...
02/13/2026

We find our ancestors; we clean and repair their headstones; we give their stories back to their current-day descendants; and we inject them into the communities where they lived, worked or died.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, aligning to the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, we're adding to our activism by contextualizing and publishing the stories of our ancestors, all from the perspective of a descendant.

๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ... one in April and another in October. Pre-order the first on Amazon at https://PrimusBook.com

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Front page! Honoring the ancestors as a proud descendant of the enslaved... telling stories from the perspective of a de...
02/10/2026

Front page! Honoring the ancestors as a proud descendant of the enslaved... telling stories from the perspective of a descendant, without hesitation nor shame. I will never stop. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ

This is behind a paywall, so I can't access it, but if you are a school or teacher who has access to ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐— ...
02/09/2026

This is behind a paywall, so I can't access it, but if you are a school or teacher who has access to ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, let me know your thoughts!

Still walking...

John Mills is a genealogist who helps African American families learn about their ancestry.

02/01/2026

God is working! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ Pre-order at https://PrimusBook.com โค๏ธ

Looking forward to speaking at Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury! It's a free event! It occurs on February 11 at 6:30pm...
01/31/2026

Looking forward to speaking at Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury! It's a free event! It occurs on February 11 at 6:30pm. Swing by!

On February 11, 2025 at 6:30pm, John Mills will be giving a lecture for the Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, CT.

We just opened pre-order and we're already the: -  #1 new release in U.S. Revolution & Founding History-  #1 new release...
01/27/2026

We just opened pre-order and we're already the:

- #1 new release in U.S. Revolution & Founding History
- #1 new release in Revolutionary Biographies
- #1 new release in African American History

YAY!!!!! Let's keep the momentum going! Pre-order at https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Primus-Lineage-American-History/dp/B0GJ2LP7TH

THANK YOU!!! โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ

It's a common misnomer that ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€ spent most of his life enslaved to Ebenezer Lathrop. But in fact, he was freed at the...
01/26/2026

It's a common misnomer that ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€ spent most of his life enslaved to Ebenezer Lathrop. But in fact, he was freed at the death of Ebenezer's cousin, Simon Lathrop, on ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฐ.

Coincidentally, my book opened for pre-order yesterday, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€. You can pre-order on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Primus-Lineage-American-History/dp/B0GJ2LP7TH

Still walking...

12/02/2025

This year, we found the descendants of the ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป/ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† of Simsbury, CT, giving them their history back and honoring them with a monument.

We unveiled a street sign for a formerly enslaved Middletown man named ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

We found the descendants of ๐—ฃ๐˜ƒ๐˜. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป and gave them their history back.

We found the descendants of ๐—ฆ๐—ด๐˜. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ท. ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป, correcting his misidentified image at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and giving his family their history back.

We found the descendants of ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป and brought them to the Bullock Mansion in Roswell, GA. We also repaired her headstone.

We found the parade route of the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต & ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ and organized the first memorial walk celebrating the 160th anniversary of their return from the Civil War.

I pray you will help us continue our work. On this please consider my small non-profit. Our work is all passion... a labor of love and a desire to serve. You can donate at https://alexbreanne.org/donate

God bless. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ

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