Born a slave on a rice plantation not far from the coast in South Carolina, her dress and general appearance are typical of that part of the state ; see Matthews for biographical and other details on women who come from the same area as Phebe Collins.

Essie Collins Matthews, Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After: illustrated from photographs made by the author in the cabins and on the plantations (Columbus, Ohio, 1915)

Matthews, Essie Collins

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North America--Alabama

"Aunt Phebe Collins, Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915 ", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed October 2, 2023, http://slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1550