Deed of Manumission for Lucy Goode Brooks and three children
Dublin Core
Title
Deed of Manumission for Lucy Goode Brooks and three children
Subject
African Americans, slavery, emancipation, family
Description
Enslaved Richmond residents Lucy Goode Brooks and her husband Albert Royal Brooks were permitted to live together as a family. Beginning late in the 1850s, Albert Brooks paid the owner of Lucy Brooks in installments to purchase the freedom of his wife and three of their seven children. In October 1862 their freedom was secured through a deed of manumission, which was recorded in these words, "I do hereby declare the said servants and the future increase of the females forever manumitted and free."
Source
Richmond City Hustings Court Deed Book 78A:393-394, Library of Virginia.
Date
October 21, 1862
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
Bound manuscript
Identifier
08_0208_003 and 004 Lucy Brooks, Brooks manumission_1862_Transcription_08_0208_003.pdf
Coverage
Richmond, Virginia
Citation
“Deed of Manumission for Lucy Goode Brooks and three children,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed October 31, 2025, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/523.