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Name
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Nanny (1748-)
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Given Name
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Nanny
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Birth Date
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about 1748
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Description
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Nanny (born about 1748) was an enslaved Black woman claimed in ownership by Richard Bennehan. Her name appears in tax lists from 1778 until at least 1800. In 1778, she was listed as "about 30 Sickly and Infirm never had a Child" and valued at $200.
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Bibliographic Citation
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“A descriptive list of the taxable property of Richard Bennehan [illegible] by the worshipful court of Orange County August 1778”, in the Cameron Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Folder no. 2107, Box no. 95, Collection no. 00133
