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morning of sale – at the gate

In Louis, Ma, momma at the gate on July 11, 2009 at 8:50 pm

An-Early-Tennessee-Morning

barely a whuff of a horses hoof scraping the dirt.

What was the role of slave/wetnurses?

In Find Out, Ma, Research, Uncategorized on July 11, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Louis’ mom is a wetnurse to the white family. What was the role of wetnurses during that time, were they even used? How were most treated. Some of her children were sold away, was she thought of as a brood mare?

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