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- GLC#
- GLC06147
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 1, 1786
- Author/Creator
- Champion, Richard, 1743-1791
- Title
- Certificate of freedom for Peter a free Negro
- Place Written
- Camden, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 37 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Written by Champion for the Court of Common Pleas in Camden County held on 27 November 1786. Document certifies the freedom "of the Negro Peter lately claimed by William Massey." It states that Peter "hath been adjudged a free Man and ... he shall be deemed held and taken as a free Man during his Life." Document was witnessed, but not signed by, Henry Pendleton, an associate justice of the state. Red wax seal is extant on bottom of recto.
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