Box 33
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Lawrence, Fannie Virginia Casseopia, "slave child", 1863
File — Box: 33, Folder: 142
Scope and Contents
One 2½" x 4" photo of Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. Caption reads, "A Redeemed Slave Child, 5 years of age. Redeemed in Virgina, by Catharine S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beecher, May, 1863. The folder also containes a newspaper clipping detailing the events about "The Freedom Ring" and "Little Pinky". "In February, 1860, the colored child of a white father, was sold at auction by Henry Ward Beecher to prevent her being sold in the Far South by...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863