Taylor, Adelaide Rebecca Williams. see Williams, Adelaide Rebecca
Taylor, William, 266
Thompson, George, 71
Thoreau, Henry David
Henry Williams and, 62–65, 69, 202, 223–225
night in jail for not paying taxes, 156
opposition to Mexican War, 147
support for John Brown, 243, 244
Thomas Higginson and, 202
Tom and Eva statuette, 223–225
Thoreau, Sophia, 62
Thornton, James B. J., 53
Tilton, Theodore, 124
Tolman, George, 224, 305n
Tom and Eva statuette, 223–225
Tomitudes, 223
Toombs, Robert, 167, 241
Trusty, Adelaide (Addie) Johnson, 257, 274
Truth, Sojourner, 139
Tubman, Harriet, 157, 260
Tucker, Beverley, 142, 144, 146, 168–170, 171
Twelve Years a Slave (Northup), 5, 45–47, 104, 180, 301–302n
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 44, 116, 157–158, 159, 167–168, 225, 243
Underground Railroad, 56, 58, 72, 156–157
Union Progressive Association, 254, 308n
Vance, Zebulon B., 129
Vannerson, Adrian, 118
Vannerson, Julian
advertisement in The National Era, 118–119, 121
investments in technology, 118–119, 179
Mary’s daguerreotypes made by, 117–118, 120–122, 125, 127–128, 296n, 297n
photograph of Robert E. Lee, 121
powerful men photographed by, 119, 121
Vannerson’s Gallery, 117–119
Vannerson, Lucien, 121
Vigilance Committee, 60, 62, 69, 71–74, 185–186
Virginia, free blacks forbidden to return after leaving, 29, 52
Walter, Henry B., 48
Ware, A. P., 199
Washington Sentinel, 142–144, 171
Webster, Daniel, 61, 81, 137, 148
Weedon, John Catesby (J. C.)
attempt to sell Albert and Jesse, 43–44, 50
emotional cruelty, 54
executor of Nelson’s estate, 35
hiring out of Prue’s family, 35–36, 37, 77–78
possession of Prudence and her “increase,” 35–36
Prudence’s family residence on plantation, 42
responses to Cornwell v. Weedon, 50–51
unable to sell slaves during Cornwell v. Weedon, 53, 78
Weld, Theodore, 202
Whig Party, 106, 148, 149, 152
Whipple, John Adams, 137, 179
Whipple & Black, 137
whiteness, phenotypic assessment of, 189–194, 198
White Slave, The (Hildreth), 130, 139–140, 167
Whitman, Walt, 7–8
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 201
Williams, Adelaide Rebecca (Adelaide Taylor)
arrival in Boston, 174–175
birth, 42, 54
in census records, 245, 264, 265
death, 266
in Hyde Park, 265
inherited by John Cornwell, 20
journey north in 1855, 163–164, 172–174
in Lexington, MA, 264
manumission, 82, 86
marriage to William Taylor, 266
Williams, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Nelson Botts)
appraisal, 22–24, 36–37, 38, 39
arrival in Boston, 174–175
birth, 42
in census records, 264, 265
in Conney Cornwell’s will, 19
death, 267
fathered by Thomas Nelson, 19, 28, 42, 267
gravesite, 275, 276, 277
in Hyde Park, 265, 266–267
journey north in 1855, 163–164, 172–174
in Lexington, MA, 264, 265
manumission, 82, 86
marriage to Seth Botts, 42
passing as white, 266, 267
portrait of Prudence commissioned by, 255
in possession of J. C. Weedon, 42, 54
white appearance, 36–37, 40, 42
Williams, Henry (Seth Botts)
bargaining over freedom for Prue’s sons, 95
in census records, 245, 264
cost of manumission, 63, 64
death, 267
eagerness to be reunited with family, 85, 91, 93–95, 102
Henry David Thoreau and, 62–65, 69, 202, 223–225
job at Cornhill Coffeehouse, 61–62, 265
letters of introduction, 62, 64
in Lexington, MA, 264, 265
manumission obtained by Andrew and Sumner, 73–76, 77
name changed from Seth Botts, 57, 181–182, 268
payments for freedom of family, 82
return to Boston from Canada, 69
reunion with wife and children, 175–176
Thomas Wentworth Higginson and, 200–201, 202
Tom and Eva statuette given to Thoreau, 223–225
Vigilance Committee help for, 62, 69, 73–74
as waiter in Cambridge, MA, 265
work at Cornhill Coffeehouse, 59–60, 265
see also Botts, Seth
Williams, Henry (first sergeant under Colonel Higginson), 262
Williams, John, 289n
Williams, Mary Mildred
adoption offers and, 182, 226–229, 268, 309n
adult life, 267–269, 275, 276–277
appearance at Boston State House, 7, 102, 185–187, 190, 268, 302n
appearance with John Sweat Rock, 217–218
arrival in Boston, 174–175
birth, 42
called another “Ida May” by Andrew, 135, 136, 200–201
called another “Ida May” by Sumner, 103–104, 165, 171, 181, 183
called “Ida May” by press, 142, 179–180, 188–189, 217–218, 225, 268
in census records, 245, 264, 265, 269
death, 275, 277
at Everett School, 245
father’s name taken, 181–182
gravesite, 275, 276, 277, 278
in Hyde Park, 265, 266–267
inherited by John Cornwell, 20
journey north in 1855, 163–164, 172–174
in Lexington, MA, 264
manumission, 82, 86
meeting Charles Sumner, 4–5
in Newburyport, MA, 201–202, 226
in New York, examination in 1855, 165–166, 173
Non-Resistant Convention, Worcester, MA, 195, 198–199
passing as white, 267–268, 269, 309n
as poster child or icon for American slavery, 146, 159–160, 185, 215–216, 247–249
scarcity of archival information, 8
Solomon Northup appearances with, 180, 185–186, 189, 195–196
at Tremont Temple (1855), 4, 7, 201, 208, 212
see also photographs of Mary Williams
Williams, Oscar
ambrotype with Mary, 177, 178, 179
arrival in Boston, 174–175
birth, 42
in census records, 245
death from tuberculosis, 179, 245, 265
gravesite, 275, 276, 277
inherited by John Cornwell, 20
journey north in 1855, 163–164, 172–174
manumission, 82, 86
meeting Sumner, 101
Thomas Wentworth Higginson and, 200
Williams, William H., 45, 47, 48, 50, 53, 88–89
Williams v. Ash, 88–89
Wilson, David, 45
Wilson, Henry, 137, 151, 219, 234, 239
Woodman, Cyrus, 70
Worcester Spy, 7, 186, 198
Yellow House (Williams Jail), 45–48, 50, 51, 88, 96–97, 282, 291–292n
Young, George, 59, 61–62, 85, 95
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