French, Mary Ann

Title: French, Mary Ann
Gender: Female
Biography: Held by Henry Bannister who owned a hotel In Union, KY. Mary Ann French earned money to buy her freedom, then "stole" her four children. Article states she returned to work for Bannister after the war after living in Detroit for 20 years.
Member: French family
Child(ren): unknown, child [54]; unknown, child [55]; unknown, child [56]; unknown, child [57]
Participant in: 1849--Mary Ann French; 1863--Seven Escape
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Bannister, Henry; Bannister, Henry F.
Bibliographic citation(s): "Mary Ann French," The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, 10 May 1873
Source(s): Mary Ann French

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