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Rebecca

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Title

Rebecca

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County

Date

March 1854

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Relation

Son George Watson, EnslavedPerson:18484
Andrew D. Bullett, EnslavedPerson:18478
Seleh, EnslavedPerson:18479
David, EnslavedPerson:18480
Rebecca, EnslavedPerson:18481
Eliza Jane, EnslavedPerson:18482
Lela, EnslavedPerson:18483

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18485

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

Unknown

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

In March 1854, Rebecca gave birth to her son, George Watson.

Bibliography

Leslie Anderson Morales, Beverly Pierce, and Ada Valaitis, eds., Virginia Slave Births Index: 1853-1865, vol. 4 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007), 250.

Additional Information

Enslaved by Samuel Newman.
The source lists a Rebecca as the mother of David (EnslavedPerson:18480) and a Rebecca as the mother of George Watson (EnslavedPerson:18484). Both Rebeccas have the same enslaver. It is unclear whether the two Rebeccas are the same person.

Citation

“Rebecca,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14897.

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