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George Kirkland
George Kirkland was born in Hillsborough in late 1841 to Elizabeth Hobbs, then enslaved there. His father was Alexander Kirkland, son of a wealthy Hillsborough planter. His mother bought his freedom in St. Louis in 1855, and he was killed at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek in Missouri on 10 August 1861.
Source: Encyclopedia Virginia: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly (1818-1907)
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave
Mary Lincoln's Dressmaker: Elizabeth Keckley's Remarkable Rise from Slave to White House Confidante
Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
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- Elizabeth Hobbs gives birth to her son George in Hillsborough Elizabeth Hobbs gave birth to her only child, George, whose father was Alexander Kirkland. George later took the surname Kirkland. People: George KirklandEncyclopedia Virginia (Virginia Humanities): Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly (1818–1907), by Jennifer Fleischner
- Elizabeth Hobbs and her son are sent from Hillsborough back to Virginia The Burwells sent Elizabeth Hobbs and her son George back to Dinwiddie County, Virginia, where she rejoined her mother in the household of Ann Burwell Garland … People: George KirklandEncyclopedia Virginia (Virginia Humanities): Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly (1818–1907), by Jennifer Fleischner
- Elizabeth Keckly purchases freedom for herself and her son Elizabeth Keckly purchased freedom for herself and her son in St. Louis, after earlier enslavement in Hillsborough. People: George KirklandNCpedia
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- Background reading · Rebecca Wall Collection My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery: Twenty-one Oral Histories of Former North Carolina Slaves 1984 Subjects in the Library of Congress catalog record: Slaves -- North Carolina -- Biography; African Americans -- North Carolina -- Biography; North Carolina -- Biography
- Background reading · Rebecca Wall Collection North Carolinians in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction 2008 Subjects in the Library of Congress catalog record: North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865; North Carolina -- History -- 1865-
- Background reading · Rebecca Wall Collection Against the Peace and Dignity of the State: North Carolina Laws Regarding Slaves, Free Persons of Color, and Indians Byrd, William L. · 2007 Subjects in the Library of Congress catalog record: Slavery -- Law and legislation -- North Carolina; Slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc -- North Carolina; Free African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc -- North Carolina
- Background reading · Rebecca Wall Collection North Carolina Slave Narratives: The Lives of Moses Roper, Lunsford Lane, Moses Grandy, and Thomas H. Jones 2003 Subjects in the Library of Congress catalog record: Slaves -- North Carolina -- Biography; Slavery -- North Carolina; North Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Biography
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