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Susan Rapier

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Susan Rapier

Birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death
10 Mar 1841 (aged 29)
Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
f8-11
Memorial ID
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But they notice they cocked her at an angle so you'll know she's different. "
Rapier was a free women, who was married to a slave named John Rapier. Her husband was the slave to Richard Rapier.
"He walked in high cotton, he freed his slave, his man john, and at that time you had to have a special act by the Alabama legislature to do that. He was officially freed. He became known of the one of the wealthiest black men in town. Largely because when Richard Rapier died he left this black couple his money.
But they notice they cocked her at an angle so you'll know she's different. "
Rapier was a free women, who was married to a slave named John Rapier. Her husband was the slave to Richard Rapier.
"He walked in high cotton, he freed his slave, his man john, and at that time you had to have a special act by the Alabama legislature to do that. He was officially freed. He became known of the one of the wealthiest black men in town. Largely because when Richard Rapier died he left this black couple his money.

Inscription

Depart my friends and dry upon your tears, for I must lie here until Christ appears.



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  • Created by: Scrappy
  • Added: Jun 20, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38562071/susan-rapier: accessed ), memorial page for Susan Rapier (25 Dec 1811–10 Mar 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38562071, citing Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Scrappy (contributor 46570007).