1860, Malinda, Female, Labor (Domestic)

Item

Title
1860, Malinda, Female, Labor (Domestic)
Description
Malinda, an enslaved woman owned by Henry Hull, worked primarily in the kitchen, cooking and baking for the Hull family.

Partial Transcript: "And old Aunt Malinda with a bandanna neatly tied around her head and a kerchief pinned across her ample bosom. What visions of hoe cake and broiled meat rind butter milk, fresh from the churn used to greet us as we came into her kitchen from a long- tramp."
Event Type
Labor: Domestic
Action Status
Completed
Date
1860
Date Certainty
Questionable
Primary Participant
Malinda
Freedom Status
Enslaved
Enslaver
Henry Hull
Item sets
Labor