Slave Midwife Delivered Master’s Son… Whispered to Wife ‘Father Is Your Brother’ (Virginia, 1847)
August 23rd, 1847. A scream tore through the upper floor of Whitfield Manor in Albemarle County, Virginia. The master’s wife, Catherine Whitfield, was in labor with her first child after 3 years of marriage. In the birthing room, an enslaved midwife named Hannah pressed a cool cloth to Catherine’s forehead and prepared to deliver what … Read more