1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/eae41cfc6a4eadd63c03915b32c47af2.jpg?Expires=1784764800&Signature=i5Hck4vWHs9mgcfhAscR2xSoB1cMBpeLnXZIsj2r0Hb0QbqrssTrurdjBcmdMucbygTIEEPCpQ7TLKY3N%7ECTMANwAj8saV5PqFosyFLcbWiEdul%7EP6g-GQROPDilIhqs089sHa9w-F2ntA3AHLx6EJNEuPq5bqqSFUjJcXbL81Ksemi8hrRZ9Eu8x9RMS9R5ZXPMrw4dBOmnmupmHyDdRfkETkEaBKtOJMI-SYxfJv7pEQ6w0KkTrQ0hNyzQbw0clF77agDFFj-6K9InD3shDWD64UVriaGcmwtB8bu8cjxfZYKdenbLH7ro5KZ1i95m26mVdBQV7BaqvqbL6wFt-g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1de9ffc12b4082c6d3bffe530c9ce9b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amherst County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 12/09/1795 Location The location of the interview Amherst County Virginia Manumitter Adam Whitesides Manumitted Ben Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Self Purchase Amount L60 Record Location DB G:634 Text of Freedom Document <p>Be it known to all whom it may concern that I Adam Whitesides of the state of North Carolina for divers good causes and Considerations but more Especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of Sixty pounds and seven pence in hand paid by Negro Ben of the County of Amherst and State of Virginia and the further promise of forty four pounds from the said Negro Ben, Slave to the said Whitesides. The said Adam Whitesides for himself his heirs exors admtors doth hereby Warrant and secure to the said Negro Ben, his freedom and [illegible] from a state of slavery and doth further more warrant to the said negro Ben, all rights and privileges which can be conveyed to people of coulur under the laws of this Comonwealth in Witness whereof the said Adam Whitesides hath set his hand and fixed his Seale this ninth day of December One thousand seven hundred and ninety five</p> <p>Adam Whitesides</p> <p>Teste</p> <p>David Hyerland</p> <p>Reuben Pendleton</p> <p> </p> <p>At about held for Amherst County the 21st day of December 1795</p> <p>The emancipation of negro Ben was proven by David S Gerland Reuben Pendleton<br />Witness thereunto and Ordered to be Recorded</p> <p>Teste</p> <p> </p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1795 - Whitesides to Ben - Amherst Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1795