[Emancipation Claim for Slaves of James Buchanan] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Emancipation Claim for Slaves of James Buchanan]

Creator

  • Author: Buchanan, James M.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Witness: Corvan, Thomas
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Maxwell, L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Other: Allin, Thomas
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Chief of the County Court.
  • Other: Tompkins, Elias
    Contributor Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1834-11-29

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Legal document from James Buchanan expressing a claim for Emancipation of his slaves. The following sections of text include the dealings within the county courts of Mercer and April within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, where his claim for emancipation was acknowledged and ordered to be recorded.
  • Physical Description: [3] p. ; 33 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Slavery
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Legal Documents
  • Keyword: emancipations
  • Named Person: Buchanan, James M.
  • Named Person: Wilson, Thomas P.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Kentucky - Mercer County
  • Time Period: tex-rev
  • Time Period: annex
  • Coverage Date: 1834-11-29/1845

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2016
    Code: SG16

Institution

  • Name: Two Rivers Historical Foundation
    Code: TRHF

Resource Type

  • Legal Document

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: TRHF_R16-076
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth843662
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