Title

Deed of Manumission Signed Walker D. Shumate, Agent of the Missouri State Colonization Society and of St. Louis County, Missouri April 29, 1856

Description

Frees the following slaves: 43-year-old Negro named Philip; 40-year-old Jemima; 19-year-old Amanda; 14-year-old Jane; 9-year-old Mary; 5-year-old Elvira; and 3-year-old Eveline. Witnesses, William C. Jamison and Geo. W. Cline. Includes acknowledgment of the deed by Walker D. Shumate, recorded in the St. Louis Circuit Court by William J. Hammond, clerk.

Creator

Shumate, Walker D.

Subject

Women's History

Emancipation

Enslaved Persons

Slaveholders

African Americans

Date

1856-04-29

Format

Paper Materials

Identifier

D01340

Medium

Item, Bond, Legal

Source

Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department