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Slavery -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Barbary Wilson Deed of Emancipation for Harry

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-077
Abstract

This collection contains a deed of emancipation signed by enslaver Barbary Wilson of Bath County, Virginia, freeing Harry, identified as a Black man, on January 5, 1822. Harry was one of 14 people that Wilson had enslaved and manumitted in 1822.

Dates: 1822