Hagar Mingo's worn Bible. Purchased with her money on becoming free in 1823. Courtesy of the New London County Historical Society (NLCHS), New London, CT. Hagar Mingo was a Black educated and pious woman who was a domestic worker for the extended General Jedediah Huntington family probably for her whole short life. Hagar was born sometime in September 1799 to Nelly, an enslaved woman owned by Major General Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818) and his wife Ann Moore Huntington (175