Gleaves
- Name
- Gleaves
- Given Name
- Gleaves
- Sex
- Female
- Description
- Gleaves was a woman claimed in ownership by white enslaver Charles Rufus Ayres. In his will, Ayres freed Gleaves and directed that her children receive $100 annuities to support and educate them. Along with two other freedwomen, Gleaves petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to relinquish her freedom and re-enslave herself.
- Source Resource
- https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/api/items/57
- Enslaver
- Charles Rufus Ayres
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