- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Emancipation Petition of slave, Sukey
- Date of Original:
- 1801/1861
- Subject:
- Slaves--Emancipation--United States
African Americans
Civil rights
Law and literature - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- A legal Petition for Emancipation made by a slave (Sukey) who had been emancipated by the will of her deceased master, John Headon, for the faithful attention she had given to him, especially in his illness. According to the legal order granting her freedom, Sukey was "forever free with all her future posterity born or to be born since the death of her said master." A security in the amount of $1,000 was required. Edward Douglass, chairman of the court signed the order.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A14547
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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