The 'Seven Daughters' represent the daughter - to-daughter maternal line that begins in 1766 with my 5th great grandmother, Henrietta Perrill Caliman. From Henrietta to my mother, Joyce Hilton Bransford Byrd, is a seven generation journey of colonial America for families of color; enslaved and free! Each daughter's life frames another generation and another period in the building of America. Births, marriages, letters, photographs, wars, epidemics, and pioneer migrations mirror the history of our families against the backdrop of our nation's growth. They were teachers, soldiers, farmers, activists and visionaries whose lives span 350-years of love, sacrifice, perseverance and committment to generations to come. Its the amazing collection of personal stories that is uniquely American that depict one son's journey of discovery and hope.