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Title
1827-04-20, Joseph Watson to Philip Hickey
Subject
Free African Americans--Pennsylvania—Philadelphia, Kidnapping--Pennsylvania—Philadelphia, Kidnapping victims--Pennsylvania—Philadelphia, Slave trade--United States
Description
April 20, 1827 letter from Joseph Watson to Colonel Philip Hickey informing him of the situation of the kidnapped African American children and offering evidence that one of the enslaved children on his plantation, James Dailley, may be one of the kidnapped children. Watson gives names and descriptions of the kidnapped children as well as of Patrick Pickett, who is accused of having sold the kidnapped children as slaves.
Creator
Watson, Joseph, 1784-1841
Source
Joseph Watson Correspondence, LSU Libraries Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date
2018
Contributor
LSU Libraries Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University
Rights
No known copyright
Relation
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Format
Image/jpg2
Language
Eng
Type
Manuscripts (documents)
Identifier
1827April20
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.), Baton Rouge (La.), Natchez (Miss.)
1827-1828
1827-1828