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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: United States
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Category : Enslaved persons
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: William Cooper Nell
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Category : African American soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Author: John Henderson Russell
Publisher: New York : Dover Publications
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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"An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published in 1913." Bibliography: p. 178-186.

Author: Nancy C. Frantel
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ISBN: 9780788450457
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Richmond is located in the heartland of Virginia on the free flowing water of the James River. The James brought much pain, for it was by this river that the slave boats arrived and unloaded their imprisoned passengers in the 1700s and early 1800s. Many slaves purchased in Richmond were transported to other Southern states as demand for labor increased in those regions. History has not left a complete story of those who lived and died in the area. Many records were lost as a result of fires over the years, including during the Civil War. Fortunately information has survived to ensure that some of those who passed through this land are permanently documented. The Richmond City Sergeant Register is one of those precious records. The transcribed entries preserved on these pages portray the hardships experienced by the enslaved and free blacks in the area. Entries typically contain: name of the person committed, name of the person who apprehended the slave or free black, court information if applicable, date committed, date discharged, number of days maintained in the jail and the charge for that maintenance, charges for "turning the key," apprehending fee, total charge to the prisoner or slave owner, and arrangements for the payment of jail charges. If a free black (who was discharged after proving his freedom) was unable to pay his jail charges, he (or she) was sold at public auction to pay off this debt. The length of service required to repay this debt ranged from months to years. Lucy Briggs, an unfortunate free black woman who attained her release from jail after providing her freedom papers, was hired out for fifty-nine years! A sentencing chart follows the register entries; a full name index completes this work.

Author: Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780788444968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 714

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Author: Leslie Anderson Morales
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ISBN: 9780788444531
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 601

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Author: Woody Holton
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Category : Gentry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: William L. Kidder
Publisher: William L. Kidder
ISBN: 9780578341859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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This is the story of free Black man Jacob Francis of Amwell township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey who was indentured out by his free Black mother to age 21. Five different men "owned his time" during his indenture and each provided a different experience for him. The last man lived in Salem, Massachusetts and Jacob lived there between 1768 and 1775 during the buildup to fighting in the American Revolution. Jacob enlisted in a Massachusetts Continental regiment in October 1775 and served through the siege of Boston, the New York campaign, and the Battle of Trenton. When his enlistment expired on January 1, 1777, he left the army and went back to his birthplace to find his mother and learn his family surname. He established himself in Amwell and turned out for active militia duty for the rest of the war. In 1789 he married an enslaved woman named Mary whose master sold her to him on their wedding day. He freed her and together they raised a family of nine children. After his life of farming, Jacob and Mary moved into the village of Flemington about 1811 and lived there the remainder of their lives. They were active in the local Baptist Church and their youngest son, Abner, became an ardent abolitionist opposed to the idea of sending freed Black people as "colonists" to Africa. Abner always noted that his father's participation in the Revolution had been an inspiration for his lifelong endeavors to achieve equal rights Black people as well as White people. The story of Jacob and his family helps us understand the longstanding systemic racism that Black people in the United States have had to deal with while working to establish their place in society. It is a story of grit and determination combined with kindness and friendship.