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- GLC#
- GLC10203.02-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- July 16, 1857
- Author/Creator
- Andrews, William, fl. 1857
- Title
- Affidavit by William Andrews
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ;
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
One document signed by William Andrews, dated July 16, 1857. This document grants power of attorney to John D. Andrews, giving him possession of William's enslaved people in Texas. The enslaved people are Robin, Henry, the older Henry, the younger Dorcas and her children, and Queen and her children. William brought the enslaved people to Texas several years earlier. They had been under the control of John D, but working on John Q. Williams' farm.
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