Person:Louisa Unknown (221)

Louisa Brown was the mother of Basil Anderson Brown.

Louisa Wilkerson was the mother of Basil Anderson Brown.

Louisa Wilkerson was born in St Kitts and Nevis. Slavery was abolished in St Kitts in 1883. We don't know if our matriarch was born into slavery or not, and we do not know how old she was when she died. From looking at his picture, how old do you think she was?

If she was not born into slavery, she would have been close to it and would still have suffered from the after-effects, I believe. From her picture, she was beautiful, dignified, joyful, she is our matriarch.

Louisa was married to the handsome Benjamin Brown, our patriarch. He died in 1942.

Together, they had at least one child, a son, Basil Anderson Brown. They maybe weren't born physically free, but regardless, they died free. They worked hard. They had a family. They lived for us, maybe unknowingly.