Slaves and Freedmen Mentioned in
"The Story of My Life,"
by James Marion Sims, M.D.
Cudjo, described as a negro entertainer, pg. 70, four feet high. Was captured and brought to this country when he was a boy.
Jennie, slave/servant of Andy Mayer, a former mayor of the village of Lancaster, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, pg. 140-141.
Anarcha, little mulatto girl, slave of John Ashurst, Mt. Meigs, Montgomery Co., Alabama, pg. 171.
Annie, maid-servant to Theresa Jones (J. Marion Sims' future wife), mulatto, only slightly older than Theresa, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., South Carolina, June 1835, pg. 187.
Jim, called "Sheriff Jim", servant of Professor Henry and "man of the faculty", supervisor of the composition department at Columbia College, South Carolina, pg. 217.
Sally, negro woman of Henry Stickney, April 1845, mother of twins, plantation near Montgomery, Alabama, pg. 222.
Anarcha, 17 years old, slave of Mr. Westcott, June 1845, near Montgomery, Alabama, pg. 226-227, 236.
Betsey, 17-18 years old, married, ca. July 1845, slave of Dr. Harris, Lowndes Co., Alabama, pg. 228, 234, 236.
Lucy, about 18 years old, ca. August 1845, slave of Tom Zimmerman of Macon Co., near Cubahatchee, Alabama, pg. 228-230, 234.
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