Violet Pinckney, Antebellum Period

Violet Pinckney’s teenage children were sold away from her in the 1850s. Her son, Alexander H. Darnes, never forgot his mother and sister. In 1880, Darnes received his M.D. from Howard University and settled in Jacksonville becoming the first African American to have a medical practice in Florida. His mother and sister's son lived with him and he served his community with distinction until his death in 1894. Violet lived many years raising the children of others, but in the end the good mother found solace.