Mary
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Name
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Mary
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Age
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21 when purchased on April 10, 1838
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Birth Date
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February 1817
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Sex
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Female
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Freedom Status
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Enslaved
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Original Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Living Location
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Tuscaloosa
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Parent of
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William/Boysey
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Binkey
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Basil Manly Diary II (1835-1846) image 186, March 23, 1840
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"This morning at half past four, our servant Mary was delivered of a female child – named – Binkey"
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Arthur
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Basil Manly Diary II (1835-1846) image 386, Aug 14, 1845
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"About 2 o’clock in the afternoon, Larry’s wife Mary was delivered of a son. They call him Arthur, after one of Larry’s brothers."
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Unnamed Boy
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Basil Manly Diary V (1847-1857) image 7, Mar 1, 1847
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"This morning, about 8 o’clock, my woman Mary, Larry’s wife, was safely delivered of a son. Mother and child are doing well. His name is [not given]
The little child, just born, died on Monday night, March 8th about midnight. Dr. Haywood thought it was probably overlain and crushed."
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Morris
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Basil Manly Diary V (1847-1857) image 176, Sept 10, 1850
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"This night, before 12 o’clock, my woman Mary, Larrey’s wife, was safely delivered of a child. The child proves to be a boy, and is named Morris."
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Oliver
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Basil Manly Diary V (1847-1857) image 333, Oct 6, 1853
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"Thurs. morn. about half past one o’clock, Oct 6th my woman Mary had a son born – doing well. The child is named Oliver"
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Work Location
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Tuscaloosa
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Enslaver
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Basil Manly (Second President of the University of Alabama 1837-1855)
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Basil Manly Diary II (1835-1846) image 135, April 10, 1838 (Basil Purchased from Mr. Robert Brown of Charleston)
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"Tues. Apl. 10. This morning arrived from Charleston my negro woman named Mary, & her son William. The former was 21 years of age last February - The child is fourteen months old. They were purchased of Mr. Robert B. Brown of Charleston by my friend T. J. Gantt. The woman had been brought up by Col. A. P. Hayne. She was shipped from Charleston to Mobile, & came up thence by the Rivers."