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Foxes Peney [enslaved] to former mistress Elizabeth Neal

Foxes Peney [enslaved] to former mistress Elizabeth Neal

Item Information

Title

Foxes Peney [enslaved] to former mistress Elizabeth Neal

Subject

Slave to Former Owner

Description

Letter from one of Burrell Fox's slaves, (Foxes Peney), to her ex-North Carolina master (Elizabeth Neal) and relatives. She was happy in Mississippi, but, nonetheless, was homesick for her former master and her relatives.

Creator

Foxes Peney

Source

Neal family papers, 1816-1916.
4370

Date

22 June 1834

Identifier

04370_0007_0030
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