Chloe Spear

Chloe Spear
Bornc. 1749 (2024-09-18UTC14:49)
Died1815 (1816)
Boston, MA
Other namesLady of Boston
Known forEnslaved by Captain John Bradford
SpouseCesar Spear

Chloe Spear, (c. 1749–1815) was an African-born woman who lived both an enslaved and free life in Boston.[1] Her memoir was published anonymously, with Lady of Boston listed as its author. The memoir intends to provide "a Christian testimony, chronicling Spear's spiritual evolution by framing her life story with her religious development."[2] The writer of the Memoir of Mrs. Chloe Spear comments on the institution of slavery as well as on Christianity and its teachings.[2]

  1. ^ Brown, L. (2003). "Memorial narratives of African women in antebellum New England". Legacy. 20 (1): 38–61. doi:10.1353/leg.2003.0042. JSTOR 25679448. S2CID 162152606.
  2. ^ a b Warren Brown, Rebecca. "Memoir of Mrs. Chloe Spear, a Native of Africa, Who was Enslaved in Childhood, and Died in Boston, January 3, 1815...Aged 65 Years. By a Lady of Boston". Documenting the American South. Retrieved 5 November 2018.