Mary, Alabama, 1847

Title: Mary, Alabama, 1847
Description: From the handwritten diary of Basil Manly Sr., recounting the birth of a son to this enslaved woman and the boy's death a week later.

Manly was a plantation owner in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. At the time, he was also president of the University of Alabama.
Transcript: [page] 6
1847
Birth
Mon. Mar. 1. This morning, about 8 o'clock, my woman Mary, Larry's wife, was safely delivered of a son. Mother and child are doing well. His name is

(death)
The little child, just born, died on Monday night, March 8th, about midnight. Dr. Haywood thought it was probably overlain and crushed.
Date: 1 March 1847; 8 March 1847
Coverage: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Source: Digitized item (link to specific page)
Is Part Of: Manly family papers (MSS.0900); Finding aid