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(2/2) And come visit Montpelier to see the excavations going on in the blacksmith shop where Moses worked! #SayTheirNames #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #InvisibleFounders #CompleteAmericanStory @jmmdescendants @SavingPlaces #enslaved
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(2/2) Image courtesy of the Library of Virginia, which microfilmed the document from a private collection in 1941.
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CATHARINE TAYLOR Catharine "Caty" Taylor was often separated from her husband Ralph when Dolley Madison lived in Washington. After Dolley's son died, Caty sued for her family's freedom. The Naming Project
Today we look at Catharine Taylor, who sued for her #family’s #freedom. Read more at www.montpelier.org/the-naming-p...
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A red clay road stretches out in front of us over a rolling landscape. A black rail fence borders the road on the left. On the right, tall trees spread their branches above the road.
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📷 Roderick Nosbe, courtesy of Montpelier
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WEBSTER Born on September 18, 1781, Webster -- along with his mother and sisters -- became a wedding gift from James Madison Sr. to his daughter Nelly Hite in 1783. The Naming Project
We know the birth dates of very few people #enslaved at #Montpelier. Today we honor Webster on his birthday: September 18. Read his story at #MontpelierNamingProject.
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DEMAS Demas was born September 12, 1777. James Madison Sr. gave Demas -- along with mother Eliza and four brothers and sisters -- to his daughter Nelly when she married Isaac Hite. The Naming Project
We know that Demas was born #OTD in 1777, because Isaac Hite recorded his birthdate. Read his story at #MontpelierNamingProject. www.montpelier.org/the-naming-p...
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Jeni Spencer photo, courtesy of Montpelier
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LEMON Lemon's name appears only once in the documentary record. Tax records show that he was an enslaved laborer on James Madison Sr.'s land in Culpeper County in 1783. The Naming Project
Lemon’s distinctive name is almost the only thing preserved about him in the historical record. Read what we know about Lemon at #MontpelierNamingProject.
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(2/2) Were Clarissa and Clarisea the same person? Learn more at #MontpelierNamingProject and decide for yourself.
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CUSSINA Cussina was one of the 14 children listed in the 1732 estate inventory of Ambrose Madison. Her name does not appear in any other surviving document.
What can we say about a young #enslaved girl whose name appears in only one document? Read Cussina’s story at #MontpelierNamingProject.
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POLLY Polly appears on James Madison Sr.'s tax records from 1782-1786, the only years when enslaved people were listed by name. Nothing else is known about her. The Naming Project
The life of #enslaved woman Polly is a mystery to us. Read what we know at #MontpelierNamingProject. buff.ly/3YwBMUO
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SILVEY. Silvey was sold with her children Fanny, Abraham, Frank, Elizabeth, and William to Montpelier’s new owner, Henry Moncure, for $1000. Silvey died in childbirth on April 18,1847. The Naming Project.
A mother of five, Silvey died #OTD in 1847, while attempting to deliver her sixth child. Read her story at #MontpelierNamingProject.
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DAUGHTER OF GABRIEL: “Gabriel & Daughter” appear on an 1845 list of enslaved people drawn up by Dolley Madison’s son, John Payne Todd. The name of Gabriel’s daughter is unknown to us. The Naming Project.
Our last #MontpelierNamingProject post during #WomensHistoryMonth reminds us that not every woman’s name is known to history. Read about the daughter of Gabriel here: buff.ly/dtgoAAW
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JOANNA: Joanna, born March 16, 1773, was 10 years old when James Madison Sr. gave her, her mother Eliza, and her four siblings to his newlywed daughter and son-in-law. The Naming Project.
Joanna was born on March 16, just like #JamesMadison. We honor her story today at #MontpelierNamingProject, during #WomensHistoryMonth. buff.ly/aLS034v
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