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Records of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia relating to slaves 1851-1863.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. District Court (District of Columbia)
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. District Court (District of Columbia)--History--Sources.
- United States.
- Slavery--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Washington (D.C.)--History.
- Enslaved persons.
- Fugitive slaves--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 manuscripts 1,561 items.)
- Place of Publication:
- 1851-1863.
- Summary:
- Records pertaining to all slavery cases in the District of Columbia covering the period from 1820 to 1863 were maintained by the Circuit Court. They include case papers that relate to fugitive slaves (1851-1863), manumission papers (1857-1863), papers that pertain to slave's purchase of their freedom, slaves freed by wills, petitions of slaves based on the July 12, 1863, Act (12 Stat. 538) that allowed them to file schedules if their owners had neglected to file according to the April 16, 1863, Act (12 Stat. 376), and emancipation papers based on the April 16, 1863, Act.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the originals from the National Archives (United States). Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.
- OCLC:
- 607373662
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