Deed of Manumission for Lucy Goode Brooks and three children

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Brooks manumission_1862_Transcription_08_0208_003.pdf

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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

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Type

Bound manuscript

Identifier

08_0208_003 and 004 Lucy Brooks, Brooks manumission_1862_Transcription_08_0208_003.pdf

Coverage

Richmond, Virginia

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