| Author | Provine, Dorothy S.
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| Uniform Title | Manumission and emancipation record, 1821-1861.
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| Title | District of Columbia free Negro registers, 1821-1861 / [compiled and edited by] Dorothy S. Provine.
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| Published | Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 1996.
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| Description | 2 v. (728 p.) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-7884-0506-3 |
| General Note | "This book contains abstracts of official registrations of free status by non-slave African American residents of antebellum Washington, DC; the original documents ... are entitled 'Manumission and emancipation record, 1821-1861' ... four of the five original volumes have survived; the one for 1846-1855 is missing"--V. 2, p. [4] of cover.
This is a two-part book: Vol. [1] contains the original v. 1 (1821-1828; Registration Nos. 1-628) and original v. 2 (1828-1837; Registration Nos. 629-1488) -- Vol. 2 contains original v. 3 (1837-1846; Registration Nos. 1489-2368) and original v. 5 (1855-1861; Registration Nos. 2369-2871). Original v. 4 (1846-1855) is missing.
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 619-621) and index.
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| Subjects | Free African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Registers.
Washington (D.C.) -- Genealogy.
Washington (D.C.) -- Registers.
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| LC Card Number | 96-216196 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: F 14 F P969, v. 1
mq12816: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: F 14 F P969, v. 2
mq239327: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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