Bethany Veney
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 109 years ago |
Born | Luray |
Virginia | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 16,1915 |
Died | Worcester |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Other name | Rodge |
Parent(s) | Charlotte |
Spouse | Jerry Fickland |
Frank Veney | |
Books | Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney a Slave Woman |
Date of birth | January 1,1813 |
Children | Charlotte E. Fickland ; Joe Veney |
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ID | 880867 |
Bethany Veney Life story
Bethany Veney, born into slavery on a farm near Luray, Virginia as Bethany Johnson, whose autobiography, Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman was published in 1889. She married twice, first to an enslaved man, Jerry Fickland, with whom she had a daughter, Charlotte.