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"Dropped ""from the clouds"": Cincinnati and manumission among the fancy and newly freed, 1831-1901"
… Some such women appear to have been “fancy girls,” the brand name for enslaved women and girls sold for use as prostitutes and concubines during the slavery era of United States history. Relying greatly on letters from ex-slaves and an ex-slave narrative, this study pays close …