Whaley, age 101, wrote to the mayor of Baltimore in search of her family. Her mother, Minta Whaley, was enslaved by Capt. Peter Whaley. She wanted to hear about her relatives in the city.
A New Orleans newspaper published a condensed version of this article the next day. See The New Orleans Times-Democrat, 27 Aug 1911, pg. 12.
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