Tomey

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Tue, 2016-06-21 18:41
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Tomasina
Display Name: 
Tomey
Sort Name: 
Tomey
Parent: 
Eunice
Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin
AKA: 
Tomasina
Tomy
Race: 
MixedBlackWhite
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Enslaved Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dies
Family: 
McCaslin
Family (new): 
McCaslinsInGDM
First Mentioned: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Home: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Monday, January 1, 1810 to Monday, December 31, 1810
Cause of Death: 
Disease
Biography: 

Tomey, born Tomasina, is listed in the McCaslin ledger as the daughter of Thucydus and Eunice, slaves on the McCaslin plantation. Biologically, however, she was fathered by Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin, the white man who owned her and who was also her father. Like her mother, Tomey was a slave on the McCaslin plantation, and also like her mother, she was impregnated by Lucius McCaslin. She dies giving birth to their child.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 
Date of Death: 
Saturday, June 1, 1833 to Sunday, June 30, 1833

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