Gwynn's Island Project
Enslaved People
People Enslaved by Hugh Gwynn & His Descendants
Slave Name Database
This database includes the names of 229 people enslaved on Gwynn’s Island.
It focuses on people enslaved by Hugh Gwynn & his descendants, but is not exhaustive of the entire Island.
The file is MSExcel format and can be downloaded and sorted according to your needs.
Walter Gwynn Hudgins Slave Inventory (1855)
Thomas Edwards Estate Appraisal (1857)
Slave Narratives
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a unit of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), conducted interviews with former slaves from 1936-1938. Below are narratives from three people enslaved in Mathews County, VA.
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