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Enslaved women -- New England

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

William Allen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M003
Abstract

Correspondence, chiefly letters written by William Allen from Brunswick or Northampton, and letters to Allen's daughter, Elizabeth L. Allen, from cousins and friends. Also includes biographical material, images of William Allen, newspaper clippings, and a thimble belonging to African-American Phebe Ann Jacobs (formerly enslaved to Allen's wife Maria Wheelock; servant to the Allen family).

Dates: 1805-1970, undated; Majority of material found within 1805 - 1862
Found in: George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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