Download or read book Twenty Families of Color in Massachusetts 1742-1998 written by Franklin A. Dorman and published by New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS). This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, the popular perception of genealogy applied almost exclusively to tracing the family histories of the wealthy and the powerful. Today, it more realistically recounts the struggles of Americans of all stations, all ethnicities, and all races.