THE SECOND MIDDLE PASSAGE: EAST TO SOUTH

Mary Jones-Fitts, president of the Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society, will offer a genealogy workshop on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ben May Main Library. The workshop focuses on the internal slave trade, in which approximately 1 million African Americans were relocated throughout the United States before the abolition of slavery in 1865. Registration is required for this FREE event. Participants may also attend virtually. For more information, go to www.mobilepubliclibrary.org/event/second-migration-african-american-genealogy-workshop-13700.