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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08564.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1843 |
| Title | Deed of manumission for slave Ophelia |
| Date | 2 January 1843 |
| Author | Paul, Rene (fl. 1843) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Document signed by Rene Paul emancipating his slave Ophelia on the condition that she remain as a servant. "...hereby do manumit and let free from slavery, my negro girl O'phelia, aged about three years, on condition...Ophelia...shall remain with me as a servant, until the said Ophelia shall attain the age of eighteen years." If Paul should die within that time, Ophelia will be freed from servitude. States he brought Ophelia's mother Makelia. Signed by three witnesses. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, John Ruland. Docketed by clerk on a separate quarter page. |
| Subjects | Slave Life African American History Women's History Slavery Manumission Emancipation Servant |
| People | Paul, Rene (fl. 1843) |
| Place written | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |