Violet Brown
There are many documents that detail Violet’s story, though her story is always seen through the lens of the white person writing the documents.
Violet…
Plantation Stories Project
Enslaved, Indentured, Freedom Seeking, and Free Black Individuals
Featured Stories: Life on the Plantation
The Plantation Stories Project’s directive is to research, compile, record, and share information about all enslaved, indentured, free, and freedom-seeking Black people connected to land over which the Dickinson family claimed ownership. For the individuals who are featured below, a significant amount of information about them has been collected into stories for you to read and discover what their lives were like on the plantation. If you click Explore All Profiles at the bottom of the page, you can browse the current list of names to learn what is known about them so far. Further research may reveal new and different names, more people with the same name, or that two currently separate names are the same person. This is just the beginning.
Learn About Life on the Plantation. This is... Clem's Story
Currently, the only information available about Clem comes from a runaway advertisement, published in the Delaware Gazette. Clem self-liberated from enslavement in 1790, leaving the Jones Neck of Kent County, DE. William White, who had enslaved Clem, placed a runaway advertisement in the Delaware Gazette offering a six dollar reward for Clem’s capture and return. The same advertisement was published at least four times in the same newspaper, on February 27, March 13, March 20, and March 27 of 1790.
The runaway advertisement described Clem physically as well as the clothing that he went away…
