The Enslaved Household of Tench Ringgold - Photo 5

Petition for Compensation for Louisa, formerly enslaved daughter of Betty, who had been given to Tench Ringgold in 1806 by his father-in-law, Thomas Sim Lee, former governor of Maryland and one of the state’s largest slave holders. Compensation of $2,000 for Louisa and her daughter Elizabeth was sought by Tench’s daughter, Mary D. G. Ringgold.