This is the story and documents about enslaved half African American and Native American woman Junio Larcom Freeman who sued her owner David Larcom for freedom of herself and her children. Junio was married to an enslaved Black man named Jethro Thistle who died at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War in February 1777.
Documents include
Slave Bill of Sale for a 2 year Boy named Matthew (later name changed to Jethro
Slave Bill of Sale for a 12 year Boy named Ruben Larcom April 6, 1773
Junio Larcom Laundry Work Receipt 1796
Enslaved literate man Aesop Ives sued Captain of fishing vessel for wages 1794
Junio's daughter Chloe Turner Hymnal with a poem 19th century
"Cloe Turner is my name
Nevermyland is my station
Beverly is my dwelling place and
Christ is my salvation
When I am dead in my grave
Only my bones are rotten
When this you read
Remember me
So I won't be forgotten"
by Cloe Turner
Interview with Terri L. McFadden Research and Education of the Beverly Historical Society and Museum of Beverly, Massachusetts.
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