Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sue” in chapter 5, page 158 of James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States.:
...slaveholder's post-mortem praises into rhyme — to write a requiem for a valued or valuable slave.
Here it is: I. Haste!
bury her under the meadow's green lea, My faithful old black woman Sue ; There never was negro more useful than she, There never was servant more true;
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