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Lucy Goode Brooks

Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans (died 1900)

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Born
September 13, 1818
Died
October 7, 1900
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1818

About Lucy Goode Brooks

Lucy Goode Brooks was an enslaved American woman who later became instrumental in the founding of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans in Richmond, Virginia. Lucy Goode Brooks (September 13, 1818 – October 7, 1900) was an enslaved American woman who later became instrumental in the founding of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans in Richmond, Virginia. Shortly after Goode became Sublett's property, he allowed her to marry Brooks on February 2, 1839, and allowed them to live together.

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Lucy Goode Brooks timeline

  1. Lucy Goode Brooks (September 13, 1818 – October 7, 1900) was an enslaved American woman who later became instrumental in the founding of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans in Richmond, Virginia.
  2. Shortly after Goode became Sublett's property, he allowed her to marry Brooks on February 2, 1839, and allowed them to live together.

The world when Lucy Goode Brooks was born

Lucy Goode Brooks was born in 1818. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1818

  • Best-selling bookFrankenstein by Mary Shelley

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineUS-Canada border established at 49th parallel
  • Technology milestoneFirst blood transfusion using human blood
  • World population~990M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Monroe
  • U.S. population9.1M

1818 versus 2026

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Measure18182026
Population9.1M341 million

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