Bethany Veney
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 110 years ago |
| Born | Luray |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | November 16,1915 |
| Died | Worcester |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Other name | Rodge |
| Parent(s) | Charlotte |
| Spouse | Jerry Fickland |
| Frank Veney | |
| Books | Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney a Slave Woman |
| Date of birth | January 1,1813 |
| Children | Charlotte E. Fickland ; Joe Veney |
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| ID | 880867 |
Bethany Veney Life story
Bethany Veney, born into slavery on a farm near Luray, Virginia as Bethany Johnson, whose autobiography, Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman was published in 1889. She married twice, first to an enslaved man, Jerry Fickland, with whom she had a daughter, Charlotte.