Marriage as Mobility
Speaks to the deliberate move by Black people to create and rebuild the Black family and community, especially in response to the near decimation that enslavement wrought upon the Black family.
- Subject of Research
- Rev. A. Gladwin 1864 Book of Marriages
- Story
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This is a Book of Records, containing the marriages and deaths that have occurred, within the official jurisdiction of Rev. A. Gladwin: together with any biographical or other reminiscences that may be collected. Alexandria, Va.” between 1863-1869.
Although many of the marriages performed by Rev. Gladwin took place in a chapel or the home of the bride or groom, the marriage of Mark Welcome and Lydia Carter on February 15, 1864 took “At Residence Slave Pen.” - People
- Rev. Gladwin, Mark Welcome, Lydia Carter
- Event
- Marriage
- Source
- Book of Records, containing the marriages and deaths that have occurred, within the official jurisdiction of Rev. A. Gladwin: together with any biographical or other reminiscences that may be collected. Alexandria, Va.”; 1863-1869, Arlington County, Library of Virginia, Reel 269
- Item sets
- Black Mobility Archive: Arlington, VA
- Media
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