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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09123 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Petition of a free black woman to become a slave of Jefferson S. Nash |
| Date | ca. 27 October 1863 |
| Author | Frazier, Charlotte (fl. 1863) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Petition to the District Court of Texas. "Charlotte Frazier...respectfully states and shows that she is a free person of African descent - that she is... mother of Six children under the age of Fourteen ... to wit ... Mack ... Betsey ...Luke ... Jerry... Westley... Emma...also free persons of African descent... Petitioner prays that a decree may be made... Whereby petitioner and her said children may become the property as slaves of the said... Jefferson S. Nash, as fully as if she and her said children had been born his slaves... " Signed by Frazier and witnesses. For related documents see GLC08955, GLC06375, and GLC03840. |
| Subjects | Slavery Texas Freemen African American History Women's History Government and Civics Children and Family |
| People | Frazier, Charlotte (fl. 1863) Nash, Jefferson S. (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Petition of a free black to become a slave of a master of her choice Petition of a free black to become a slave of Edward D. Martin |