Box 38
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Emancipation papers for the slave, Emeline, wife of Allen Scott, and her two children, Joseph and John, from her former master, Henry L. Patterson, St.Louis, Mo., 1864
File — Box: 38, Folder: 91
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:
1864