'We Called Her Anna': Nathaniel Rochester and Slavery in the Genesee Country (Rochester History, Spring 2009, Vol. 71, No. 1)

27 pp. The founder of our city, Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, brought his slaves with him when he moved here from Maryland. Although he freed them, some stayed as his domestic employees. The headstone of one of these freed slaves carries a simple, poignant message--"We called her Anna"--a woman whose complete identity consisted of a first name.