Slavery in Sacramento, part 3: the Story of Ada

This installment of the Center for Sacramento History’s film series “Unlocking the Past: A History of Racism and Prejudice in Sacramento,” is the final video of a three-part subseries on the history of African American enslavement in the Sacramento Region. This film focuses on what is considered the last slave case in California, that of a 12-year-old girl named Ada who was held in Sacramento County, and who was freed via the court system by Daniel Blue, a leader in Sacramento's African American community who won guardianship over Ada in 1864.
Watch the rest of the series:
Part 1, the Perkins/Jones Case: • Slavery in Sacramento,...
Part 2, the Archy Lee Case: • Slavery in Sacramento,...
PRODUCED BY:
Marcia Eymann, City Historian
Kim Hayden, Senior Archivist
Narration - Jack Hastings
Producer/Editor - Chad E. Williams
Research/co-writer - Dale Kasler
Production assistance - Staci Cox, Sabrina Holecko, Nicholas Piontek
IMAGES:
Sacramento Bee Collection at the Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento Union
Library of Congress - Getty Images
California State Library
THANK YOU:
Stacey Smith - Associate Professor of History, Oregon State University
Clarence Caesar - Independent Historian
Lorena Márquez, Acting Chair/Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis
Milmon Harrison, Associate Professor of African American and African Studies, UC Davis
City of Sacramento
Sacramento Bee
Dorothy Womack Foundation for the Arts