Hannah was an African American woman residing in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Hannah had been enslaved by Abel Trueblood. When Abel Trueblood died in 1759, he bequeathed Hannah's labor to his son, Caleb Trueblood, along with that of several other enslaved people. Due to his religious beliefs, Caleb Trueblood freed Hannah in about 1776. Later, North Carolina passed a law stating that enslaved people could not be freed without permission of the courts. In 1778 local officials arrested Hannah, arguing that she had violated the law even though she had been emancipated prior to the law, and sold her labor at public auction. Any further information regarding this individual has not been located.