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“…preferred freedom to their duty.”
Maury, B. H., & In Parmelee, A. M. (1938). The Confederate diary of Betty Herndon Maury: Daughter of Lieut. Commander M.F. Maury, 1861-1863. Washington: Privately printed, p. 28.
“…Anarcha had a new master…”
There is no record of the moment when Anarcha and Delia were separated, though it will be documented later that Anarcha was able to hear news of her daughter through the mail. Other sequences of events are also possible.