In 1840, U. S. Census records reflect that 23% of Kentucky’s population was enslaved. A decade later it decreased to 21.4%. In 1850 Franklin County had 634 enslavers with 3360 people enslaved.
Why would a veteran of the War of 1812 be unlisted in military records, left out of history journals, and omitted from monuments and plaques?
While Dolly spent her life of over 80 years enslaved to the Callaway family, her son Frederick Hart experienced a labyrinthine journey of enslavement to several interrelated families of prominent early Kentucky settlers.
Liberty Hall welcomes guest writer Rachel Grimes for a series of blog posts entitled Tracing the Harts!
