Deed of manumission freeing Sue, an enslaved woman, and her daughter Margaret, Georgetown, South Carolina, 1815 October 6 :manuscript copy.
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- Title:
- Deed of manumission freeing Sue, an enslaved woman, and her daughter Margaret, Georgetown, South Carolina, 1815 October 6 :manuscript copy.
- Date:
- September 27, 1815
- Creator:
- Graham, Elizabeth, 1741-1815, author
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- Description:
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Copy of a deed of manumission from "Elizabeth Graham of the District of Georgetown" freeing "the slave Sue and her child Margaret." Elizabeth Graham appoints her son-in-law Thomas Carr as guardian of Sue and Margaret and in anticipation of her death bequeaths Sue $50 from her estate. It is witnessed by Abram Meyers, a Justice of the Quorum for Georgetown District, and 5 "freeholders of the District of Georgetown." In a testimonial on the verso, the same 6 men vouch for Sue's character and her ability to support herself and her child. The original document is dated September 27th, 1815.
Title devised by cataloger.
At head of document: State of So. Carolina.
Deed is signed: Elizabeth Graham.
Witnessed by: Abram Meyers, Willis Wilkinson, B.F. Frapier, George Ford, John Withers, Jun., Saml. Magg.
Text on verso: Office of Common Pleas, So. Carolina, Georgetown District. I do certify the forgoing to be a true copy from the original filed in my office Oct. 6th, 1815, Charles Huggins, CCP.
Formerly titled: Empancipation of slave woman and daughter: Sue and Margaret, from Elizabeth Graham, Georgetown District, S.C.; also gives the former slaves $50 from her estate.
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- Subject:
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- Enslaved persons--Emancipation
- Child slaves--South Carolina--Georgetown County--19th century
- Women slaves--South Carolina--Georgetown County--19th century
- Slaves--Emancipation--South Carolina--Georgetown County--19th century
- Freedmen--South Carolina--Georgetown County--19th century
- Women slaveholders--South Carolina--Georgetown County--19th century
- Sue--(of Georgetown County, S.C.)
- Margaret--(of Georgetown County, S.C.)
- Graham, Elizabeth, --1741-1815
- Carr, Thomas, ---1827
- Georgetown County (S.C.)
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- Publisher:
- Georgetown County, South Carolina, 1815 October 6.
- Language:
- English
- Digital Collection:
- American Slavery Documents
- Source Collection:
- American slavery documents collection
- Series:
- Slavery Series
- Rights:
- Free Re-UsePublic Domain
- Identifier:
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- 009835205
- 4d3bb7ae15483e8cac85197ad98d56da
- americanslaverydocs
- duke:324180
- asdsi001042
- ark:/87924/r4222rn55
- 7530d35b-28e0-428e-b13c-be3f895f9dc4
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4222rn55
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