Update: David McDuffie is still searching for his runaway slave Margaret Hammond. Announcement of a reward for his runaway slave Margaret, described as a chunky mulatto girl, was first posted in the Fayetteville Observer on July 3rd and again posted on July 7, 1862. (Read the full ad and earlier blog post here)
In the 1860 slave schedule for Cumberland County, David McDuffie, a brick mason, owned 5 slaves, 4 females and 1 male. The ages and other characteristics listed in the schedule are below. It would be interesting to learn more about these voiceless and very vulnerable women in a white man’s world… Who fathered the young children? Where were they living, and were they still a family unit, once freedom came?
Age Sex Color
20 Female Black
16 Female Black
1 Female Mulatto
10 mos Female Black
10 mos Male Black
