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Rebecca Langley (New Orleans, Louisiana, performer,fugitive )

b. 1841? d. 1863-09-14

New Orleans, Louisiana, performer. Texas native. Ward of Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Performer for Carter & Wells curiosity show in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1857. Employed by Elizabeth Benoit and A. Benoit as a performer, known as the "Texas Dwarf" in New Orleans in 1860. Reported as a fugitive from New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1860.

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Sex
Female
Race
White

Bibliography

"A Big Excuse for a Little Woman," The New Orleans Crescent (New Orleans, La.), Mar. 28, 1860, p. 1.

"Great Living Curiosities," The New Orleans Crescent (New Orleans, La.), Dec. 7, 1857, p. 1.

Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972, Fireman’s Charitable and Benevolent Association Records, 1863, New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana, Film #008248282.

"Recorder Summers' Court," The New Orleans Crescent (New Orleans, La.), Mar. 30, 1860, p. 1.

KYR-0001-021-0001.

KYR-0001-021-0002.

KYR-0001-021-0003.

Citation

Langley, Rebecca. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204932 (November 12, 2026).

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