Juliet of Good Hope
The 1817 slave register for John Tharp's Good Hope estate lists three children with a mother called Lucinda: Patience (b. 1803), Venus (b. 1811) and Sarah (b. 1816). Later returns for the estate add Dorking (m) (b. 28th of May 1819)* and Harry (b. 1824).
Lucinda's age was estimated as 34 (b. 1783), and her mother's name was given as Juliet.
Going down a generation, Lucinda's Patience gave birth to another Juliet who was born and died in 1832 and may have been named after her great-grandmother. This Juliet was at least the fifth enslaved generation of her family.
* Dorking's birth was recorded in the 1820 return of 'increases' and 'decreases', which is the only one that gives dates.
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