Written by
Carter, Amanda Carey, American, 1909 - 2007
Owned by
Carter, Amanda Carey, American, 1909 - 2007
Date
ca. 1980
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 8 x 5 in. (20.3 x 12.7 cm)
Description
An undated and unsigned note attributed to midwife Amanda Carter. The note tells of Carter's ancestors who worked as midwives three generations back. She also details a story of her mother delivering a baby in the middle of a road during an emergency. Carter writes that her mother delivered over 1,000 babies and that she herself has delivered around 500 babies. The note is handwritten in blue ink on three (3) pieces of white paper. It begins "Back in the older days of the 18 hundreds. My great grandma served as a midwife, on my mother side, for this [community]. Their transportation was an ox cart."
Place made
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place used
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Documents and Manuscripts
Type
notes
Topic
Black Enterprise
Communities
Correspondence
Families
Health
Medicine
Midwifery
Motherhood
Rural life
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
Object number
2011.75.12abc
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5724a309a-0fc3-4039-b88d-ea44d55bcbf3

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