Letter from Caroline Sadgwar Manly to her sons
- Title
- Letter from Caroline Sadgwar Manly to her sons
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- Typescript by Milo A. Manly of a letter written by Caroline "Carrie" Sadgwar Manly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to her sons Milo A. Manly and Lewin Manly describing their family history. In the letter, Manly details the lives of her parents and grandfather, David Elias Sadgwar, the Sadgwar family's experience as enslaved persons, and marrying Alex Manly.
- Date
- November 19, 1953
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 21cm x 28cm
- Local Identifier
- 0065-b1-fb
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- Subject(s)
- African Americans--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th century
- Manly, Caroline Sadgwar
- Sadgwar family
- Sadgwar, David Elias
- Sadgwar, Frederick Cutlar
- Manly, Alex--Marriage
- Slavery--North Carolina--Wilmington
- North Carolina--Genealogy
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- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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- Alex L. Manly Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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I used Carrie Sadgwar's letters in my 1898 drama No More Sorrow to Arise, produced on Thalian Hall Mainstage by 1898 Commemoration.