Hire of Agnes Burke

event name

Hire of Agnes Burke

location

Residence of Robert E. Lee

Identifier

EV_2746

first name

Agnes

last name

Burke

age

Adult

age description

16

physical description

Mulatto

event type

Employment

event date

1861-05-06

source

"Runaway Advertisement for Agnes." Alexandria Gazette, 14 May 1861. Alexandria, VA. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress, Washington, DC. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025007/1861-05-14/ed-1/seq-3/ (accessed 12 September 2024).

leased person

Agnes Burke

enslaver

Robert E. Lee

T.J. Mehaffey