On October 18, 1759, two “new negroes” (recently arrived from Africa), named Isaac and Sarah, escaped from Robert Peter (July 22, 1726 – November 15, 1806), a prominent Scottish-born merchant then living in Georgetown. On December 6, 1759, Peter placed the following advertisement in the Maryland Gazette: “Ran away from the Subscriber, on Thursday, theContinue reading ““Talks in her own language very fast”: In search of Sarah and Isaac, escaped from Robert Peter, October 1759.”
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In Search of Pattie (Patsy or Margaret B) Brooks and Harry Brooks, Enslaved and Free in Georgetown, District of Columbia
The 1836 register of the Methodist Episcopal Church (later Mount Zion Church) in Georgetown, District of Columbia, lists as a member “Pattie Brooks”, recorded just below the name of Gracie Ducket, who was enslaved by Samuel Whitall, who leased the property known as Belle Vue (later known as Rittenhouse Place, and after that, Dumbarton House).Continue reading “In Search of Pattie (Patsy or Margaret B) Brooks and Harry Brooks, Enslaved and Free in Georgetown, District of Columbia”
Mark Auslander 