Note 378 — Chapter XXIV · FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA IN SEARCH OF NEW BIRDS
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See Lucy B. Audubon, ed., Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist (Bibl. No. 73), p. 203. Since black slaves were the only domestics available in the South at that time, it is probable that the "servants" referred to were employed by Mrs. Audubon at her "Beechgrove" school.