by Toni | Dec 3, 2018 | Free People of Color, Manumissions
Eliza Bing Alias Eliza Lightwood Certificate & Affidavit Respecting Her State of South Carolina. Know all Men to whom these may come, that I James Mackie one of the one of the Justices of the Quorum in and for the said State and Notary Public by...
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by Toni | Oct 18, 2017 | Free People of Color
In previous posts, we presented affidavits concerning the free status of John L. And James Francis, sons of Hagar, a Free Person of Color emancipated by Steward Lamboll/Lambol in 1799, and Sarah Houston and Rose Buckmyer, who were nieces of John L. Francis. Today, we...
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by Toni | Oct 6, 2017 | Free People of Color, Manumissions
In yesterday’s post, we presented affidavits concerning the free status of John L. And James Francis, sons of Hagar, a Free Person of Color emancipated by Steward Lamboll/Lambol in 1799. Today, we present affidavits concerning the freedom of two of Hagar’s...
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by Toni | Oct 6, 2017 | Free People of Color, Manumissions
In yesterday’s post, we presented affidavits concerning the free status of John L. And James Francis, sons of Hagar, a Free Person of Color emancipated by Stewrard Lamboll/Lambol in 1799. Today, we present affidavits concerning the freedom of two of...
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by Toni | Oct 5, 2017 | Free People of Color
Lowcountry Africana has created the following spotlight pages for estate inventories of Free African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina. The documents are part of the free collection South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872 on...
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by Toni | Oct 5, 2017 | Free People of Color, Manumissions
In April of 1848, Eliza Kohne, a free white resident of Charleston, South Carolina filed affidavits attesting to the status of John L. Francis and his brother James Francis as Free People of Color. In South Carolina, the free or enslaved status of a child followed the...
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