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- Caroline Branham (1764–1843) was an enslaved housemaid and seamstress of George and Martha Washington. She was married to Washington's hired groomsman Peter Hardiman, whose slaveholder was David Stuart. Branham gave birth to nine children, eight with Hardiman. Her ninth child, Lucy, is believed to have been a child of the plantation; the girl's father was George Washington Parke Custis. Branham served the Washington family and their many visitors, ensuring that they resided in comfort. She was at George Washington's bedside when he died in 1799 and with Martha when she died in 1802. After Martha's death, her slave holder was George Washington Parke Custis, Martha's grandson. In the 1820s, Jared Sparks interviewed her for his biography of Washington, which she did in exchange for the freedom of her grandson, a toddler at the time, Robert H. Robinson. Lucy's son, he was freed at the age of 21, after eleven years of apprenticeship. (en)
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- Caroline Branham (1764–1843) was an enslaved housemaid and seamstress of George and Martha Washington. She was married to Washington's hired groomsman Peter Hardiman, whose slaveholder was David Stuart. Branham gave birth to nine children, eight with Hardiman. Her ninth child, Lucy, is believed to have been a child of the plantation; the girl's father was George Washington Parke Custis. Branham served the Washington family and their many visitors, ensuring that they resided in comfort. (en)