Family records say Big Mammy was sold away from her Virginia family

Evidence

“Big Mammy may have been a descendant of an African king and queen. Her forefathers were among the thousands who were sold into slavery in the 1600s. Her name was MARY. To her family, she was known as Big Mammy,” was how the book begins. “Like most slaves, she married at a very early age and began her family. Her first husband, Jake, and her children were left in Virginia when she was sold away from them to a plantation owner in Montgomery County, Alabama.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 45