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Louisa Matilda Jacobs (1833 - 1917)

Louisa Matilda Jacobs aka Sawyer
Born in Edenton, North Carolinamap
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Died at age 83 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

US Black Heritage Project
Louisa Jacobs is a part of US Black heritage.

Louisa Matilda Jacobs was born in 1833 in Edenton, North Carolina. She was the daughter of slave, author and activist Harriet Jacobs.

Residences

  • 1880: 1404 K Street NW, Wasington, D.C. with her mother
  • 1870: Cambridge, Massachusetts with her mother

Research Notes

There is a good photo of Louisa in J.F. Yellin, 2004, but it seems not to be in PD.

Louisa worked in the Alexandria Contraband Camps with her mother, and taught at Howard University (HU does not yet seem to have space pages nor categories within DC...)

She helped w/her mother's boarding houses at 1409-1413 K st, NW fr 1877-1883, and 1885-1889

Possible source of new information: Whispers of cruel wrongs: the correspondence of Louisa Jacobs and her circle, 1879-1911 (Author: Mary Maillard)

https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/support15.html

Sources

  • 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Cambridge Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_623; Page: 240B; Family History Library Film: 552122
  • 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: 122; Page: 317D; Enumeration District: 038
  • Yellin, Jean Fagan. Goodreads.com Harriet Jacobs: A Life pp. 239, 241, 244, 251
    • also listed in the HU Catalogue, March 1885-86
    • in Boyd's Directory: 1885 -teacher, 1510 R St., NW -p. 490 of Yellin, 2004.
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #27115242




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