In Mary's personal letters....
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08-11-2014, 02:40 PM
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RE: In Mary's personal letters....
(08-06-2014 11:35 AM)LincolnToddFan Wrote: Thanks Roger! Elizabeth Keckley in her memoirs recalls being put to work looking after her mistress's infant when Elizabeth herself was only four. If having such little girls looking after infants was the norm, and Keckley doesn't speak of it as an unusual practice, perhaps Mary with her slaveholding background wouldn't have thought it inappropriate to entrust her baby to such a small child. |
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