Gray, Josias of West Feliciana Parish sells fifteen enslaved persons to Ann Maria, woman of color, his emancipated housekeeper, 1839

Gray, Josias of West Feliciana Parish sells fifteen enslaved persons to Ann Maria, woman of color, his emancipated housekeeper, 1839

Slavery—Louisiana; Free people of color- Louisiana; Slaves—Emancipation-Louisiana;

Deed for the sale of fifteen slaves by Josias Gray, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, to Ann Maria, a free woman of color, of the same parish, in consideration of service rendered Gray by Ann Maria, in the capacity of Housekeeper, since her emancipation.

Josias Gray

French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, and Nineteenth-Century Louisiana Documents Digital Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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July 15, 1839

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1839, Louisiana