Petition #20486260

• Washington County, District of Columbia. filing started July 18, 1862.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To John A Smith Esq Clerk of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia

Abstract

On 16 April 1862, Congress passed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. Owners were required to file a schedule of slaves with the court, which issued certificates of freedom. On 12 July 1862, another act permitted minor or absentee owners and slaves themselves to file for certificates of freedom. Samuel Mackall, a forty-five-year-old "mulatto" man, states that he is owned by Matthew Duvall of Prince George's County, Maryland, "by reason of African descent and acquired title." He seeks his freedom.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Commissioners' Report, 18 July 1862
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 20486260

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

• Records of the United States Circuit Court, Slavery Records, Emancipation Papers
• Record group: 21
• Folder: 33/A-Z
• Microfilm: M433, Rolls 1-3

Subjects

• Abolition
• Absentee owners
• Manumission