Daybed
- Title
- Daybed
- Description
- This daybed in the Stone daughters' bedchamber shows where the daughters' nurse might have slept. The mattress on this bed is supported by wood slats instead of ropes. The enslaved woman who worked as the nurse at Hope would have had a great responsibility in minding and taking care of five girls. Enslaved women often started training as a nurses or house servants as early as six years old. The accompanying video describes the bed's use. Date approximated.
- Date
- 1800-1825
- Original Format
- equipment
- Extent
- Local Identifier
- Historic Hope Plantation
- Subject(s)
- Hope Plantation (N.C.)--History
- Beds--North Carolina--Bertie County
- Furniture, Early American--North Carolina--Bertie County
- Slavery--North Carolina--Bertie County
- Slaves--North Carolina--Bertie County
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- Historic Hope Plantation
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African American History and Culture
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North Carolina History and Fiction Collection
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Women's History
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