Image / Margaret Binum, Calaveras County (vicinity) circa 1860-1870

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Title: Margaret Binum, Calaveras County (vicinity) circa 1860-1870
Alternative Title: Binum family, pioneer family in Calaveras
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1860-1870]
1860/1870
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of Margaret Binum.
Margaret Binum came to Calaveras County in California with her three children after her husband, Edmington, had saved $1,400 to purchase their freedom from slavery. Margaret and Edmington ran a small farm, and Margaret also worked as a nurse and midwife for the county
Written on back of photo: Mrs. Margaret Binum
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b04_f20_001a.tif
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Subject: African American midwives
African American pioneers
Binum, Margaret Sewace, 1826-1919
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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