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dc.rights.licenseNo Copyright -- United Statesen_US
dc.creatorChafin, Charles A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-12T18:45:39Z
dc.date.available2019-02-12T18:45:39Z
dc.date.created1860-04-02
dc.identifierWLUcoll0373_b01_f11_001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11021/34303
dc.descriptionThis document was issued and signed by Charles A. Chafin, the Clerk of the County Court of Rockbridge. The document asserts that Joshua Johnson is a free man of colour, aged twenty one years. He was emancipated by Robert Hutcheson, Executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams, deceased.en_US
dc.descriptionThe available file is a PDF made from scans of the original document.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsThis material is made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.titleEmancipation Certificate for Joshua Johnson, April 2, 1860en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.isPartOfWLU Coll0373 - Hugh Adams Papers
dc.rights.holderSpecial Collections and Archives, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
dc.subject.fastLegaciesen_US
dc.subject.fastSlaveryen_US
dc.subject.fastSlaves -- Emancipationen_US
dc.subject.fastVirginia -- Rockbridge Countyen_US


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  • Coll. 0373 - Hugh Adams Papers
    The Hugh Adams Papers are approximately 75 documents concerning the manumission of nineteen slaves of the Adams estate and their emigration to Careysburg, Liberia.

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