Fancy girls

Fancy girls were purchased and sold within the southern United States by slave traders such as Rice C. Ballard and Robert Jardine.

Fancy girls were characterized as "smart," "honest," or "temperate," in public advertisements, and often decorated in nice clothing and accessories before being sent to sale.

Afterwards, the young women were kept either in their own quarters of the home or in a special building on the slave owner's property, as to not draw attention.

At the time, Cincinnati held a large population with previously enslaved women and their mixed children, and functioned as somewhat of a safe-haven for those in situations similar to White and Johnson.

[6] Piquet was born into slavery, and was not originally sold as a Fancy girl, but claims she and her mother endured sexual abuse at the hands of their previous owners.