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Listen: The Latin ProgramFormer slave Charity Stewart - Jefferson County, Florida
Image Number
RC02016
Rights
Collection
Reference collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
General Note
Charity Stewart was born in 1844. During the Civil War she was hidden in the swamps of Jefferson County to make soap for the soldiers. After freedom, she returned to her former owners home where she stayed until they died. For many years she lived alone in an old log house in Jefferson County. She was 93 when this photo was taken in 1937.
Former slave Charity Stewart - Jefferson County, Florida
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