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Slavery: Female Slave's Freedom Purchased In 3 Installments

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Slavery: Female Slave's Freedom Purchased In 3 Installments
1853 Georgetown Female Slave Manumission Document. Manuscript document, 13" x 8.25", being an indenture between Richard Daily and Judson Mitchell, May 12, 1853, in which Daily pays Mitchell one dollar to transfer "A certain negro woman...for the term of three years from the date hereof, at the expiration of which time she will be free pursuant to a deed of manumission this day executed....from the payment of three notes given...to William Redin for the purchase of said negro woman...one at sixty days, another at one year, and a third at two years after date with interest...." Daily signs on the verso in the presence of two witnesses, and a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia, Washington County, signs that Daily appeared before him to acknowledge the document. Written on pale blue, watermarked paper, lightly toned at folds and on docket.