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Box 38

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Contains 1 Result:

An agreement to emancipate a slave, Reuben, by his owner, James Taylor for the sum of $500 to be paid at $10 a month, Campbell, Kan, 1825

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 22
Scope and contents From the Series: Henry P. Slaughter was an avid collector of many things; books, pamhplets, photographs, and documnets. In this series are the words and autographs of many famous men and women. Some of these people were fervent abolitionists, some former slaves, some political leaders-including presidents, and some were just average epeople trying to better the world they lived in. This series also contains a subseries of legal documnets. Most of these documents dela with various aspects of slave holding;...
Dates: 1825