2 Quotes & Sayings By Mammy Oaklee
Mammy Oaklee was born in 1817, and died in 1910, her last years spent with her daughter, Mrs. John Rogers of Washington County, Virginia. Her biography is based on the information collected by her daughter and granddaughter, Mammy Oaklee Kennedy. She was a slave who lived with her parents and siblings on the Kennedy farm in Scott County, Virginia
She was the mother of George and Mary Ann Oakley and grandmother of Thomas and Willie. Willie's mother died shortly after his birth and Willie never knew his father. When he was 2 years old he was sold to a Mr.
Bryant of Kentucky and went to work for Mr. Bryant's father-in-law for 8 years. Mr.
Bryant could not read or write so he bought his son-in-law's slave Mammy Oaklee to teach him how to read and write.