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Martha Boone - Nannie/ Nurse - Raleigh, North Carolina

 Martha Boone (nurse seated), with the Smith family children of Raleigh, NC.
Photograph ca. 1904 

 
The children of Chambers and Annie Faison Smith of Raleigh, NC. are: Back row: Olivia and Chambers .
Front row: Paul , Sherwood, and Harrell sitting in Martha Boone's lap.

Note: During this era Black women that were hired to take care of white family's children were called "nurses", most times they weren't medical nurses by training, but nannies.

Source: From PC.1984 Root, Smith, and Related Families' Papers, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC

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