Contributed by Dr. Edna F. Briggs
The title on this family photo is "Slave Girl," as the child featured was our great-grandmother, Lucinda Butler Jones Walker (born about 1858, died 1934). The older lady was Lucinda's grandmother, name unknown. Lucinda appears in the 1870 and 1880 federal censuses residing in Limestone (Athens) County, Alabama. Oral narratives handed down say that the slaveowner's two daughters argued frequently about who would receive Lucinda as their slave girl when they married and moved out on their own.
Other articles in the 21 September 2009 Weekly Discovery:
>Finding the Truths in Family Tales
>Spotlight on Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
> Family History Tip: Social Networking for Family
