Sale of Ally

event name

Sale of Ally

location

Residence of George Washington Parke Custis

Identifier

EV_2581

first name

Ally

age

Adult

age description

30-40

physical description

Missing foreteeth, large, big feet

event type

Sale

notes

Date unknown, either deed unrecorded or temporarily hired out to Ressler

source

"Runaway Advertisement for Ally." Washington DC National Intelligencer, 17 July 1809. Washington, DC. As found in Freedom on the Move (accessed 5 September 2024) https://database.freedomonthemove.org/advertisements/ec399c66-5bf3-43e7-b794-8aa36729afd0?advertisements%5Bquery%5D=custis

sold person

Ally

enslaver

George Washington Parke Custis

Mary Ressler