African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Subject
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Richard Dennis Letter, 1803 August 8
File — Box 4250.001, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter dated August 8, 1803, written by Richard Dennis in Philadelphia to John Milledge, Governor of Georgia, concerning two free women of color who had evidently been detained at Savannah, Georgia, en route to Baltimore by persons who then attempted to sell them. Dennis informed Milledge that he was called on by two men from Philadelphia who claimed to have papers proving the women's free status and stating that "should there be any thing in those papers to enable...
Dates:
1803 August 8