Mammy Kate

GOOD MORNING O-BOTS! We continue our look at African Americans in the American Revolution with... Mammy Kate Mammy Kate was a house slave who belonged to future Governor Stephen Heard (1740–1815) of Georgia. She lived in what was then Wilkes County, Georgia, now Elbert County, Georgia. In an 1820 letter she was said to be the "biggest and tallest" black woman the writer … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans in the American Revolution (UPDATE)