Belinda, Patty Gipson, Jemima Hunt
An anti-slavery token from 1838. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Little is known about the African American women Belinda (b. 1713), Patty Gipson (fl. 1797), and Jemima Hunt (fl. 1811) except for what can be gleaned from the documents reprinted here concerning their efforts to overcome the effects of slavery on their lives and families.
