| Petition on Behalf of Slave Families, 1809 |
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Original document in the Manuscripts collection of the Tennessee State Library & Archives. Item #3-1-1809 Petition to the General Assembly of Tennessee by members of a quarterly meeting of the Society of Friends held "in Jefferson County the 9th of the 8th month 1807" on behalf of negro families who have been separated by slave trade. Signed by Elihu EMBREE, Barcehiah [sic] MACY, John SWAIN, James JONES, Aaron COPPOCK, Samuel McNEES, Ephraim LEE, John COULSON, wm BRAZLETON and John UNDERHILL. (2 pages) |
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