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African Americana and Slavery | 1855
African Americana and Slavery | 1855 'Suit with Negroes suing for freedom' court document

African Americana and Slavery | 1855 "Suit with Negroes suing for freedom" court document

Price: $285.00
Virginia court document ordering Chaphine Hedges, a slaveholder, to pay a witness fifty cents for appearing "in his suit with negroes suing for freedom," 1855.
Catalog No: 21018
Availability: In Stock.
SIZE: 8 x 3.25 in.
GRADE: Choice/XF
Virginia court document ordering Chaphine Hedges, a slaveholder, to pay a witness fifty cents for appearing "in his suit with negroes suing for freedom," 1855. Partially engrossed manuscript, signed by clerk of court. Unique piece of history documenting a unique case in which enslaved African Americans were attempting to gain freedom by suing their master!

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