Sukey would have known things about Dolley that others did not; for example, Dolley suffered from painful rheumatism, she had trouble with her eyes, and she was sometimes lonely and depressed. There is no record of how Sukey felt about her relationship with her enslaver.

Aug 28, 2019 · Sukey (possibly short for Susan), Dolley Madison’s lady’s maid, was one of Paul Jennings’ contemporaries at the White House. Like Paul, she was a teenager during her White House years.

Sukey, born around 1795, was enslaved to James and Dolley Madison for most of her life. Because of the strict laws that surrounded slavery in the years that Sukey grew up, it is likely that she never learned to read or write.

Dec 26, 2018 · Why Sukey Hart? A: Sukey Hart was the daughter of patriot Nancy Hart — also known as the “War Woman” — and Sukey aided her and her father during the Revolution.

Sukey was an enslaved spinner whose agency enabled her to change her living situation. While James Monroe was abroad serving as Minister to France (1794-1797), his younger brother Joseph was managing his property that would later become the University of Virginia.

May 12, 2013 · "sukey (also "sookie") an early 19th-century word for a slave, so a "sukey jump" was a party in slave quarters. The term came to mean any lively get-together with music and dancing. (Leadbelly, who played for sukey jumps, said that …

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In spring of 1841, John Ridgely purchased 23 individuals in 3 nuclear families (Gully, Davis and Humphries) of enslaved workers from “Oakland,” the estate of James L. Hawkins, for a total cost of $7,267.46. Hawkins was a banker who became notorious for embezzling huge sums of money (over $100,000) in 1840.

Oct 26, 2023 · In a security video given to News 5 by the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office, investigators said 24-year-old Isiah Makuch, in a white Honda, shot and killed Sukey while he was riding on a...