The Alabama Black McGruders

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Alabama Black McGruders tells the story of Charles McGruder Sr. (1829 - 1900-c) his father Ned (1795 - 1853-c) and mother Mariah Magruder (1800 - 1880-c). Charles the enslaved black grandson of a white slave owner Ninian O. Magruder (1744 - 1803) was born in Alabama on the plantation of his white aunt Eleanor Magruder Wynne (1785 - 1849) in 1829. Through a series of events Charles a carpenter came to be sexually exploited and forced to sire a hundred children including fifty-two sons with numerous women. During the Reconstruction era Charles his last wife Rachel Hill (1845-1933) and their children received reparations from his white relative and enslaver Osmun A. Wynne (1804 -1877). Charles' children established communal and business networks and institutions to support their families and communities. Today the Alabama Black McGruders continue to impact the story of the United States in areas of culture government law science medicine academia and business. This is the story of their origins.</span></p>