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
- 1833 Emancipation Story
- Story
- “Know all men by them presents that I, James Townshend of the town of Alexandria DC, in consideration of the love & affection I bear them, do hereby emancipate & set free from all manner of slavery my wife Caroline Townshend, and her six children, to wit: William Henry, aged about nine years, Eliza aged about seven years, Sophia aged about five years, James aged about four years, Catharine aged about three years, and Sarah aged about three months; all of whom I purchased from Rick H. Henderson of Loudoun County, Va. On witness whereof I hereby set my hand and seal the tenth day of October 1833. James Townshend.
- People
- Caroline Townshend; her six children (William Henry, Eliza, Sophia, James, Catharine, and Sarah); James Townshend
- Place
- The town of Alexandria, DC
- Event
- The emancipation Caroline Townshend, and her six children
- Source
- Free Negro and Slave Records, 1788-1864,” Arlington County, Library of Virginia, Reel 226
- Item sets
- Arlington County Black Mobility
- Subject of Research
- Rev. A. Gladwin 1864 Book of Marriages
- Story
- 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
- Arlington County Black Mobility
- Media
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