Margaret Rodríguez Callahan and Robert Rodríguez
Recorded
October 14, 2023
Archived
October 14, 2023
27:59 minutes
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Id:
mby023206
Description
Siblings Margaret Rodríguez Callahan [no age given] and Robert “Bo” Rodríguez [no age given] have a conversation about their great-grandmother, Rosa Bernal, who was captured and enslaved in Las Vegas, NM in 1860. They mourn her difficult life while also celebrating her strength and thanking her for carrying on their lineage.Subject Log / Time Code
Margaret Rodríguez Callahan (M) and Robert “Bo” Rodríguez (R) introduce their great-grandmother, Rosa Bernal, who they believe was captured and sold in Las Vegas, New Mexico in about 1860.
M and R imagine what it must have been like for Rosa to be torn away from everything she knew and brought to a family who didn't speak her language.
M and R describe Rosa and their grandmother having to relocate after being evicted from the land Rosa was taken to in 1860.
M talks about how Rosa was a "curandera"--healer--and midwife in her community along with being a servant in her own home.
M and R talk about how their family moved to Colorado to work on the beet fields.
M and R remember how much their mother loved Rosa and the poem she wrote about her.
M tells R about finding Rosa at a genealogical library.
R shares his regret for not beginning this digging for and preserving memories earlier.
Participants
- Margaret Rodríguez Callahan
- Robert Rodríguez