Charity

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Name
Charity
Birth Date
May 12, 1848
Basil Manly Diary V (1847-1857) image 45, May 12, 1848
"Frid. May 12. Our woman, Lydia, was safely delivered of a female child this morning, between three & four o’clock named Charity."
Sex
Female
Freedom Status
Enslaved
Original Location
President's Mansion, University of Alabama
Child of
Lydia
Property Value
Sold to Mr. Thomas Walker along with her mother, Lydia. The sum Walker paid for both was $625.
Enslaver
Basil Manly (Second President of the University of Alabama 1837-1855) and Sarah Manly
Thomas H. Walker
Basil Manly Diary V (1847-1857) image 117, July 26, 1849 (sale of Lydia and Charity)
"On Thurs. July 26. I sold to Thomas H. Walker, Pilot, my woman Lydia and her youngest child, Charity. He gives me two notes for the sum of $312.50 each, payable on the first of July 1850, and 1851 severally. And he has executed a deed of trust on his real estate in Tuskaloosa and on the property I have now sold him, to secure the payment. "
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Items with "Parent of: Charity"
Title Class
Lydia
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Title Class
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