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Guide to the Free Status Affidavits Collection, 1817-1857
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Collection Title: Free Status Affidavits Collection
Dates: 1817-1857
Identification: SC/FSA
Creator:
Delmar T. Oviatt Library
Physical Description: 0.20
linear feet
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections
Abstract: This collection consists of five
affidavits sworn to before the Justice of the Peace in Frederick County, Maryland
between 1817 and 1857. The affidavits affirm that five African-Americans were persons
who were either free born, claiming deeds of manumission, or held certificates of
freedom.
The Oviatt Library created this collection of materials for study and research.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Paper records
African Americans -- Maryland -- Frederick
County
Slavery -- Maryland -- Frederick
County
Slaves -- Emancipation
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s)
of this collection has not been transferred to California State University,
Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or
reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.
Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of
the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
The collection is open for research use.
Digital reproductions of items in this collection are available electronically as a
part of the
Slavery and the Law
project. For more
information please see
https://digital-library.csun.edu/.
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The
Free Status Affidavits Collection consists of five
affidavits sworn to before the Justice of the Peace in Frederick County, Maryland
between 1817 and 1857. The affidavits affirm that five African-Americans were persons
who were either free born, claiming deeds of manumission, or held certificates of
freedom.