Pictured here is a woman named Mahala (also spelled Mahelia). She was an enslaved African American who lived and worked for many years inside the house at Tuckahoe. She was born around 1816 and is thought to have come to Tuckahoe sometime in the 1840’s when the Wight family owned the property. ... READ the POST
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