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Handwritten manumission document for thirteen enslaved persons
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Handwritten manumission document for thirteen enslaved persons

John Berry, American · 1827; modified 1831

ink on paper
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A single folded sheet, handwritten manumission document.

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