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Template for written format of registering free blacks, found in Amherst County records

Many of the individuals named in freedom documents can be found listed in county/city Free Negro Registries. Though these registration requirements were antithetical to liberty and a restriction on the freedom of movement for free African Americans…

Deed of manumission to Mary Dean from Anne Rose of Amherst County, VA

Deed of manumission to Benjamin, Jean, and Cate from Joshua Shelton of Amherst County, VA

Judith manumitted by last will & testament of John Taliaferro of Amherst, VA