[Ads-l] Antedating of "Mammy" (Enslaved Black Woman Caring for White Children)

[Shapiro, Fred]

mammy (OED, 3., 1837)

1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.) 6 July 2/2 (Newspapers.com)

In my father's family, sir, the whole household was called together — first, my mother (God bless her !) put down the articles she wanted from England — next the children according to their ages — and then the domestic slaves — our mammy at the head of them, down to the young ones who lived about the house — not a single individual was omitted, sir.

Fred Shapiro

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