ARHO Registration of Cassy

event name

ARHO Registration of Cassy

location

Residence of George Washington Parke Custis

Identifier

EV_5301

first name

Cassy

event type

Registration

notes

Reported to have gained freedom prior to 1862 and moved to New York; refused to return for fear of reenslavement

source

National Park Service. 2021. "The Many Voices of Arlington Plantation." Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial. 2021. Accessed October 28, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/the-many-voices-of-arlington-plantation.htm.

place

Arlington Estate

place type

Plantation

registered person

Cassy

enslaver

George Washington Parke Custis