1865-03-08, Rachel, Violence

Title: 1865-03-08, Rachel, Violence
Description: In a letter by an unidentified daughter of John B. Minor to an unidentified aunt, Rachel is described in "close confront" with two Union "stragglers." They asked Rachel if the daughter and her cousin, Nannie, had "watchers," to which she replied she "didn’t know nothing I stay in the kitchen.” This event is recorded in a March 8, 1865, letter in the Davis-Preston Saunders Papers.
Event Type: Violence
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1865-03-08
Source: Davis-Preston-Saunders Papers, 1840-1930, MSS 4951, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Rachel
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Barbee Minor
Related Event: 1863-05-11, Rachel, Mention (Inventory)

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