Court Slave Records for DC
Records: 7,792 · Complete: 100%
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.
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Fold3, Court Slave Records for DC (/title/64/court-slave-records-for-dc :accessed April 2, 2020), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/title/64/court-slave-records-for-dc
- Publication Title
- Court Slave Records for DC
- Total Records
- Records: 7,792 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number:
- M433
- Published on Fold3
- February 13, 2009
- Last Updated
- February 15, 2009
- Description
- NARA M433. Records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851-63, including emancipation and manumission papers.