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- GLC#
- GLC08564.04-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 18 May 1852
- Author/Creator
- White, John R., fl. 1852
- Title
- [Deed of manumission for slave Ann Simms]
- Place Written
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Emancipation of a 23 year old female slave owned by Colonel John R. White and described as "of an orange color and about five feet seven inches in height." Lists her history and who he bought her from. Signed by three witnesses. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, M. S. Cerre. Docketed by clerk.
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