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WatchCourt Slave Records for DC
Slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia in April 1862. In order to receive compensation, loyal owners of freed slaves were required to file slave schedules. These records include emancipation papers with dates when certificates of freedom were issued to freed slaves, manumission papers that record the voluntary freeing of slaves by their owners, and case papers relating to fugitive slaves. …More
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Annotation added: 'the Said Louisa ALLEN was given to him (Thomas CROSS) by his...
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Annotation added: Prince George's County, Maryland.
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Annotation added: DUVALL, George W.
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Annotation added: Louisa ALLEN , Slave.
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Annotation added: Buck (fug. slave)
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Annotation added: CHEW, Ned ; slave.
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Annotation added: Fugitive Slaves: Henry DORSEY and his wife Jane DORSEY ; James DENNY ;...
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Annotation added: DORSEY, Jane ; (fugitive wife)
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Annotation added: DORSEY, Henry ; fugitive.
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Annotation added: 'Supplementary Schedule of S. P. FRANKLIN / Received 26th May 1862.'
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Source Information
Records of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851-1863. Original data from: The National Archives
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