Petition #20486287

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. Four slaves, belonging to Daniel Fitzhugh, seek their freedom. They include Sina Ellen Pearson, age twenty-six, Lucretia Wilson, age fifty-one, Martha Ann Hollis, age twenty, and her six-month-old daughter, Sina Ellen Hollis.

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Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

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