top of page

Formerly Enslaved Betsy Spruill Riddick

This is Betsy Spruill Riddick at her home in 1927. Betsy Spruill Riddick (1844-1934) married Richard Riddick (1842-1917). Her parents were Allen and Sarah Spruill. Sarah Spruill was born in 1825, and Allen in 1820.
In the 1930s, she was still serving her evening meal in the African tradition by placing food in a large wooden tray centered on her table. . #facesofsomerset #socialhistory

This is Betsy Spruill Riddick at her home in 1927. Betsy Spruill Riddick (1844-1934) married Richard Riddick (1842-1917). Her parents were Allen and Sarah Spruill. Sarah Spruill was born in 1825, and Allen in 1820.
In the 1930s, she was still serving her evening meal in the African tradition by placing food in a large wooden tray centered on her table.

"We’re expanding our special Twitter series entitled, faces of somerset Friday, on Instagram and Facebook! We will post pictures and/or short biographies of both the people who lived at Somerset and their descendants"

Source: Somerset Place State Historic Site

bottom of page