Emancipation - Self-emancipation
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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, May 24, 1813]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle. She discusses traveling over the summer, goods they need, and the ongoing effects of the war. She says that slaves in Northampton have escaped to the British forces and refuse to return. She also mentions the upcoming marriage of John Upshur Dennis and Elizabeth Dashiell.
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, September 8, 1813]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, updating him on their travels to Northampton to see the Eyre family. She says that Ann and John Eyre are upset because many of their enslaved persons fled to join the British troops. Their slave Jack also died. She says she will be back at home by the next week and also mentions the upcoming marriage between Leah Lyttleton Savage and Harold Luther Wilson.