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Box 38

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Contains 1 Result:

Emancipation papers for Dolly Maria a former slave of Benjamin J. Vancourt, St.Louis, Mo, 1846

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 45
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: 1846