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“…the answer was five…”
See “Anarcha learned she had been sold…,” above.
“…leaving Alabama for the second time.”
See “…a tour of the South…,” above.
“…she was now owned by them…”
The Emmet-Duncan marriage record, held at the Montgomery County Archives in Montgomery, Alabama, indicates that Catherine Duncan would retain control over land and enslaved people after the marriage, but the names of the enslaved people she continued to own—in trust with her father—is not indicated. What is certain, however, is that Anarcha was owned by someone in the Duncan family, and was then passed to William L. Maury after her time in Richmond.
“…to wave goodbye to them.”
See “…the plantation’s doctor woman…,” above.
There is no precise record of how Anarcha and Delia were taken away from the Harris plantation, but this is in keeping with the narrative of Harve Quales, from a smaller set of slave narratives compiled by John B. Cade. They are available for download through the John B. Cade library at Southern University.
“…Mobile…New Orleans…”
Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 159.
“…Mr. John Campbell.”
Campbell had been named to the Court in 1853.
Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 159.
“…‘eggnog riot’…”
Agnew, J. B. (1979). Eggnog riot: The Christmas mutiny at West Point. London: Presidio Pr., pp. 31, 152, 159.
“…a much larger steamboat…”
Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 159.