Names: Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She became a successful nurse and midwife, and gained a small fortune through real estate investments. She donated generously to charities and was instrumental in the founding of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles.
Date:: [circa 1901]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Detail of a larger image: Biddy Mason (left), a woman, and her daughter Ellen Mason Owens (right), behind a picket fence, on the front porch of the house of Robert Owens, Sr.
Date:: [circa 1870]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
Date:: May 13, 1869
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She became a successful nurse and midwife, and gained a small fortune through real estate investments. She donated generously to charities and was instrumental in the founding of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1907 and 1908]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Looking north on Broadway between 3rd and 4th Streets. Biddy Mason's two tracts are the block on the right side of the street. At the time of this photograph, Biddy's heirs still owned the block.
Date:: [between 1907 and 1908]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
Date:: May 13, 1869
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Certified copy of the Freedom Papers of Biddy Mason, composed by Judge Benjamin Ignatius Hayes and copied by the clerk of the District Court.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She became a successful nurse and midwife, and gained a small fortune through real estate investments. She donated generously to charities and was instrumental in the founding of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1907 and 1908]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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