David Walke and Nancy Gibbs reunited after 32 years
July 26, 1871
A Romance of Slavery.
The Norfolk Virginian mentions a romantic
incident in the life of a negro
man named David Walke, who was sold
and taken to New Orleans thirty-two
years ago: At the time he was living as
man and wife with a woman by the
name of Nancy Gibbs. He remained
in New Orleans until last year, when he
paid a brief visit to this city and returned
home. A few days since he
packed up bag and baggage and came
back to Norfolk to live. One of his first
acts on arriving here was to procure a
marriage license, and the next evening
he and his former wife were legally
united, he being eighty-three and she
seventy years of age. Such constancy
and indubitable evidence of affection
outliving time and absence deserves
notice. Both negroes were slaves of
the old regime, and are both highly respected.
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