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Keckly’s enslaved years in the Burwell household and her memoir’s testimony about them, including the abuse by schoolmaster William Bingham.
“Burwell family slave, bought freedom, 1855. Dressmaker & friend to Mary Todd Lincoln. Published her memoir, 1868. Lived here, 1830s.”
State historical marker: G-115: Elizabeth Keckly 1818-1907
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Chiefly correspondence relating to the Clingman, Jarratt, Poindexter, and Puryear families, early settlers of Surry County, N.C., together with a genealogical table. Subjects include the slave trade between North Caroli…
Correspondence, legal papers, bills, receipts, and other personal and business papers of Staton and other residents of Williamston. Correspondents include Asa Biggs, William James Bingham, Elisha Mitchell, John Spelman,…
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