The History of Enslaved People at UA, 1828-1865

Harriet

Item

Name

Harriet

Birth Date

Aug 20, 1851

Basil Manly Diary V (1847-1857) image 231, Aug 20, 1851

"Last night between 10 to 2 o’clock Little Mary was safely delivered of a female child. Mother and child doing well. The name is Harriet."

Sex

Female

Freedom Status

Enslaved

Living Location

Sent in 1852 to Richmond, VA with the rest of her family to be enslaved by Basil Manly Jr.

Basil Manly Diary V (1847-1857) image 284, Oct 14, 1852

"This evening at 8 o’clock, my servant, Ben and Mary with their two children, Margaret and Harriet left Tuskaloosa for Richmond Virginia, - under the charge of Mr. R. C. McLester of North-Port. They are intended for the use and service of my son Basil, and his family; and are to be held by him or them, together with Martha, a servant already received out of my portion of the estate of L. Rudolph Senior which said servant is now in their care in Richmond subject to future account in the distribution of my estate. -
I mean, by this, that when my estate is to be divided among my heirs, these negros with all their issue are to be thrown into the common mass of my property, - and my children or their representation must take their equitable share, - as if no distribution had been previously made.
Of my intentions in this respect, I have duly informed my son, Basil -
I have put into the hands of Mr. R. C. McLester $200 to be applied to the payment of the expenses of these negroes who to buy me a carpet in New York, for my parlor up-stairs."

Child of

Mary

Ben

Sibling of

Margaret

Enslaver

Basil Manly (Second President of the University of Alabama 1837-1855)

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