Sabra

Name: Sabra
Age: 12
Birth Date: February 1824
Death Date: October 9, 1836
Cause of Death: Cholera; Basil Manly Diary II (1835-1846) image 100, Oct 9, 1836; "This morning at a quarter before two O'clock died our girl Sabra of cholera. She was taken about half past seven on the last evening, and died in about 6 hours! Everything was done & done promptly that human hands can do. Alas! how vain is the help of man. Death is above us. We had thought the disease had subsided but the Lord has come on us when we looked not for him.
I brought her from N.C. with me. She is a family negro."
Burial Location: Tuscaloosa
Sex: Female
Freedom Status: Died while enslaved
Original Location: North Carolina; Basil Manly Diary II (1835-1846) image 100, Oct 9, 1836; "I brought her from N. C. with me. She is a family negro, daughter of Fagan & Sally – sister of Augustus – born Feb 1824."
Living Location: Tuscaloosa
Sibling of: Augustus
Enslaver: Basil Manly (Second President of the University of Alabama 1837-1855)

Item sets: Enslaved by Manly Family; Enslaved by Presidents, Professors, and Trustees

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