1827-04-20, Joseph Watson to Philip Hickey

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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