Women / Persons ~ P15159
Biddy Mason
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Social Networks and Archival ContextAlternate Names:
- Bridget Biddy Mason
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 15 August 1818 - 15 January 1891
Types:
- American, African
- Enslaved person, bondservant, former enslaved person
- Medicine, nurse
Note: moved to California, remained enslaved with her children till 1854; founder of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church; was known as Bridget as a slave and chose the name Bridget Biddy Mason when emancipated in 1860;