Maria

Title
Maria
Description
A woman enslaved by the Lacy family
Relation
Second page of a letter from Mary Lacy to her stepdaughter Elizabeth "Bess" DeweyMary Lacy Letter, August 6 1856, Page 2
Reverend Drury Lacy was fifty-three years old when he was elected president of Davidson College in 1855Lacy, Drury
Biographical Text
A woman enslaved by the Lacy family. She is mentioned in Mary Lacy's August 6, 1856 letter, in which she is referred to as "Aunt Maria". According to Mary Lacy, Maria allegedly attempted to make herself sick by eating green watermelons in order to receive bedrest.
Item sets
Named Black Individuals, 19th Century

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