Enslaved by slave owner Wilhelm Fries
Children: 8 Known
"Wilhelm Fries lived to be nearly a hundred years old, and to the end of his life Fanny and Adam belonged to him. After his wife's death Fanny and Adam cared for the old master faithfully and devotedly. The Negro couple had eight children, all baptized in the Colored Church. Fanny died April 11, 1870 and Adam on September 7 of that same year. Both were buried in the graveyard of the Colored Church in Salem."
Citation of the quoted information above:
Fries, Adelaide L., and Douglas LeTell Rights, eds. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. 1823-1837 ed. Vol. VIII. Raleigh, North Carolina: State Department of Archives and History, 1954. 3841.
Not confirmed, but it's possible that this Adam may have been purchased at the age of 14 from a slave owner in Yadkin, North Carolina
Children: 8 Known
"Wilhelm Fries lived to be nearly a hundred years old, and to the end of his life Fanny and Adam belonged to him. After his wife's death Fanny and Adam cared for the old master faithfully and devotedly. The Negro couple had eight children, all baptized in the Colored Church. Fanny died April 11, 1870 and Adam on September 7 of that same year. Both were buried in the graveyard of the Colored Church in Salem."
Citation of the quoted information above:
Fries, Adelaide L., and Douglas LeTell Rights, eds. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. 1823-1837 ed. Vol. VIII. Raleigh, North Carolina: State Department of Archives and History, 1954. 3841.
Not confirmed, but it's possible that this Adam may have been purchased at the age of 14 from a slave owner in Yadkin, North Carolina
Enslaved by slave owner Wilhelm Fries
Children: 8 Known
"Wilhelm Fries lived to be nearly a hundred years old, and to the end of his life Fanny and Adam belonged to him. After his wife's death Fanny and Adam cared for the old master faithfully and devotedly. The Negro couple had eight children, all baptized in the Colored Church. Fanny died April 11, 1870 and Adam on September 7 of that same year. Both were buried in the graveyard of the Colored Church in Salem."
Citation of the quoted information above:
Fries, Adelaide L., and Douglas LeTell Rights, eds. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. 1823-1837 ed. Vol. VIII. Raleigh, North Carolina: State Department of Archives and History, 1954. 3841.
Not confirmed, but it's possible that this Adam may have been purchased at the age of 14 from a slave owner in Yadkin, North Carolina
Children: 8 Known
"Wilhelm Fries lived to be nearly a hundred years old, and to the end of his life Fanny and Adam belonged to him. After his wife's death Fanny and Adam cared for the old master faithfully and devotedly. The Negro couple had eight children, all baptized in the Colored Church. Fanny died April 11, 1870 and Adam on September 7 of that same year. Both were buried in the graveyard of the Colored Church in Salem."
Citation of the quoted information above:
Fries, Adelaide L., and Douglas LeTell Rights, eds. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. 1823-1837 ed. Vol. VIII. Raleigh, North Carolina: State Department of Archives and History, 1954. 3841.
Not confirmed, but it's possible that this Adam may have been purchased at the age of 14 from a slave owner in Yadkin, North Carolina
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