Sarah Fleming

Title

Sarah Fleming

Subject Headings

Slavery--United States
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.

Description

Sarah Fleming reads a piece she submitted to her local newspaper in Petaluma, California, United States, in 2022.

[The names of her underage grandchildren have been redacted from this recording.]

Name(s) of ancestors

Robert E. Lee; Richard Bland Lee; Francis Lightfoot Lee

Other name(s) mentioned

Beth Sansbury

Name(s) of enslaved person(s)

John; Sam; Nancy; Old Dewey

Location(s) mentioned

Petaluma, California, United States; Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Name of plantation(s) mentioned

Sully Plantation, Chantilly, Virginia, United States

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