Northeast Gardening: Old photos part 2, 1 by gabagoo

gabagoo wrote:
No, re: Howard University. Howard Univ. was founded in 1867, ironically the same year Enoch Howard petitioned for a school.

Different Howard. The university was named after Oliver O. Howard, a officer in Civil War. He fought in Gettysburg & was part of Gen. Sherman's march through Georgia.

Enoch Howard's mother, Polly (1797-1856), was a slave who was sold (along with some others) to pay off a $300 debt. She & her husband, Jack, were slaves on plantations owned by the Gaither, Howse and Griffith families and on the various farms of Jeremiah B. Howard.
That's where the Howard name came from. Many slaves took the last name of their owners. If they were sold, their last names were often changed to match their new owners.

It's so sad... and important, to learn about all this. They weren't considered people. They were strictly property. There are many Bill of Sale records that list items as: 5 cows, 6 goats, 2 male slaves, 3 female slaves, etc. No names, no ages.

Very sad.

Nancy

This pic is Enoch's sister, Eliza with the record of her manumission. The document that granted her freedom.