: In places like Mount Vernon , Martha Washington’s maids wore gowns made of finer materials like calico, which served as a reflection of the enslaver's affluence.
: Some enslavers used small amounts of calico as a form of "encouragement"; for example, one 1835 record describes a merchant being asked for "cheap calico" to be given to women after childbirth. calico slave
: While largely associated with the pirate John Rackham, the name was also used by an enslaved man who escaped his master in 1694 to join a ship bound for Madagascar. : In places like Mount Vernon , Martha