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Three Democrats and one Republican are vying to become Florida’s first out gay congressman
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Three Democrats and one Republican are vying to become Florida’s first out gay congressman
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Three Democrats and one Republican are vying to become Florida’s first out gay congressman
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Three Democrats and one Republican are vying to become Florida’s first out gay congressman
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Three Democrats and one Republican are vying to become Florida’s first out gay congressman
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Oliver Cromwell Gilbert: A Life
"Gilbert had been born into slavery as had his mother Cynthia Snowden. On Maryland’s western shore, Cynthia Snowden served the Watkins family at Walnut Grove, Clarksville, Maryland, as cook and household slave. Her status as enslaved meant that her children would also be 'owned' by her master as property. Few records exist of Cynthia’s life, but she did survive the end of her enslavement for a life with her second husband, farmer John Brook. Both husband and wife remained illiterate. Cynthia’s mother Rachel had also served the Watkins family and died at Richland, a neighboring Watkins property she informally managed. Both had probably been born in the Maryland vicinity, and Rachel to a possibly African-born mother, Celia. Oliver Gilbert’s family had been servants of the Watkins family as least as far back as the American Revolution."
https://scholars.unh.edu/library_pub/75/
#slavery
#OliverGilbert
#autobiography
#SlaveBiographies
#Maryland -
Oliver Cromwell Gilbert: A Life
"Gilbert had been born into slavery as had his mother Cynthia Snowden. On Maryland’s western shore, Cynthia Snowden served the Watkins family at Walnut Grove, Clarksville, Maryland, as cook and household slave. Her status as enslaved meant that her children would also be 'owned' by her master as property. Few records exist of Cynthia’s life, but she did survive the end of her enslavement for a life with her second husband, farmer John Brook. Both husband and wife remained illiterate. Cynthia’s mother Rachel had also served the Watkins family and died at Richland, a neighboring Watkins property she informally managed. Both had probably been born in the Maryland vicinity, and Rachel to a possibly African-born mother, Celia. Oliver Gilbert’s family had been servants of the Watkins family as least as far back as the American Revolution."
https://scholars.unh.edu/library_pub/75/
#slavery
#OliverGilbert
#autobiography
#SlaveBiographies
#Maryland -
Oliver Cromwell Gilbert: A Life
"Gilbert had been born into slavery as had his mother Cynthia Snowden. On Maryland’s western shore, Cynthia Snowden served the Watkins family at Walnut Grove, Clarksville, Maryland, as cook and household slave. Her status as enslaved meant that her children would also be 'owned' by her master as property. Few records exist of Cynthia’s life, but she did survive the end of her enslavement for a life with her second husband, farmer John Brook. Both husband and wife remained illiterate. Cynthia’s mother Rachel had also served the Watkins family and died at Richland, a neighboring Watkins property she informally managed. Both had probably been born in the Maryland vicinity, and Rachel to a possibly African-born mother, Celia. Oliver Gilbert’s family had been servants of the Watkins family as least as far back as the American Revolution."
https://scholars.unh.edu/library_pub/75/
#slavery
#OliverGilbert
#autobiography
#SlaveBiographies
#Maryland