Description
Ante-Bellum Days Revisited. - - There arrived in the city Friday morning an aged colored couple that attracted no little attention, not particularly on account of their age or their color, but chiefly for the reason that the appearance of the woman recalled to the minds of some of the passengers an ante-bellum incident.
Dinah Robinson, for such is the aged colored woman's name, during the days of slavery was owned by Major J. B. (James B.) Wright, of Weston, Platte County, Missouri. She had two children, a sturdy girl, and a crippled boy, who remained the property of Mr. Wright after her husband had been sold to another slave owner.
Dinah was a sort of privileged slave and was allowed to take in washing and earn money by working at odd jobs. She was economical and by years of hard work succeeded in saving enough money to purchase her own freedom and that of her two children. She bought her own freedom for $1,000, while the daughter was freed for $500 and her crippled son for $300.
She also attempted to purchase the freedom of her husband (Tom Robinson), who was owned by Charles A. Perry, but the price was too high. After the war ended and slavery no longer existed the husband and wife were reunited and are now living at Weston.Date(s) of Creation
3/31/1887
