The Legacy Of Charity's Children: Recent Episodes
Patricia Smith Griffin
Chronicling the life of Charity, the daughter John Issac Davis brought to the Miami Valley of Dayton, Ohio, in 1802.
“The Legacy of Charity’s Children,” is a short story podcast series illuminating the life of Charity Davis Ceasar Broady and generations of her descendants."
The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.
July 21, 2024
Joseph J. Wheelers Africatown
Prologue Africatown: Season Two of The Legacy of Charity’s Children opens with a survivor’s perspective. Documented accounts vividly detail the pro slavery mob attacks, and outline the exact location of attack on the Dayton, Ohio community of Africatown--a Black community that thrived within the Antebellum period.
The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.
Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer: Patricia Smith Griffin
Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer: Jared Griffin
Producer & Director: Tamara Calvert
Oral History Consultant: Carolyn Lander
Additional Voices provided by:
JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani, Darryl Griffin, RJ Michaels, and Charlest Moore Sweet
The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.
Story Six: March 9, 2023
Out of The Smoke and The Ashes: The Founding of the First Wesleyan Methodist Church by the United Daughters of Zion.
The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.
Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer
Patricia Smith Griffin
Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:
Jared Griffin
Producer:
Tamara Calvert
Historian & Researcher:
Sherri Goudy
Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project
LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan
Additional Voices provided by:
JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin
With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins
and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady
The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.
Story Five: February 13, 2023
*You can read Story Four, The Cauldron, at CharitysChildren.org *
Africatown: Actual accounts of the 1841 pro-slavery mob attacks on Dayton’s thriving Black community
The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.
Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer
Patricia Smith Griffin
Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:
Jared Griffin
Producer:
Tamara Calvert
Historian & Researcher:
Sherri Goudy
Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project
LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan
Additional Voices provided by:
JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin
With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins
and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady
The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.
Firewatchers: The backdrop, the back story to the attacks on Dayton’s prosperous 1830s Black canal Community called Africatown… on The Legacy of Charity’s Children
The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.
Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer
Patricia Smith Griffin
Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:
Jared Griffin
Producer:
Tamara Calvert
Historian & Researcher:
Sherri Goudy
Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project
LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan
Additional Voices provided by:
JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin
With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins
and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady
The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.
Inspiration: The introduction of our family story. Historical documentation helps to verify family written and oral histories of John (Isaac) Davis’ 1802/1803 arrival in the Miami Valley of Dayton, Ohio.
Story One: December 29, 2022
I Am My Ancestors Wildest Dreams: A Mission Statement… for the Charity’s Children Project highlighting objectives for the Educational Initiative, Archival Preservation, and short story podcast series, “The Legacy of Charity’s Children.”
The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project, Inc.
Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer
Patricia Smith Griffin
Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:
Jared Griffin
Producer:
Tamara Calvert
Historian & Researcher:
Sherri Goudy
Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project
LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan
Additional Voices provided by:
JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin
With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins
and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady
We are proud to share with you The Legacy of Charity’s Children and hope that you are inspired to research & tell Your Black Family Story.
Because there is value and there is validation in every family story.
Chronicling the life of Charity, the daughter John Issac Davis brought to the Miami Valley of Dayton, Ohio, in 1802.
“The Legacy of Charity’s Children,” currently in production, is a short story podcast series illuminating the life of Charity Davis Ceasar Broady and generations of her descendants.