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Contains 3 Results:

Additional Items relating to Scylla Adams and William Halliburton, 1859-01-19 - 1861-04-01

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14a
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hugh Adams Papers archive is comprised of approximately 75 documents concerning the emancipation of nineteen slaves of the Adams estate and their estate imposed emigration to Careysburg, Liberia. Adams was actively involved for many years with the American Colonization Society ( A.C.S.) which promoted and engaged in the emigration process of free or freed African-Americans to Liberia on the west African coast. Included in the archive is an original handwritten copy of the will of Hugh...
Dates: 1859-01-19 - 1861-04-01

Agreement between Andrew Patterson and Robert Hutcheson for the sale and emancipation of William "Bill" Halliburton, 1859-01-19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14a
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hugh Adams Papers archive is comprised of approximately 75 documents concerning the emancipation of nineteen slaves of the Adams estate and their estate imposed emigration to Careysburg, Liberia. Adams was actively involved for many years with the American Colonization Society ( A.C.S.) which promoted and engaged in the emigration process of free or freed African-Americans to Liberia on the west African coast. Included in the archive is an original handwritten copy of the will of Hugh...
Dates: 1859-01-19