1783 - Echols to Solomon Miller - Halifax Co, VA
Dublin Core
Title
1783 - Echols to Solomon Miller - Halifax Co, VA
Description
Deed of manumission to Solomon Miller from William Echols of Halifax County, VA
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
09/19/1783
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I William Echols of Halifax County being fully persuaded that freedom is the natural right of all mankind and that it is my duty to do unto others as I would desire to be done by in the like situation & having under my Care a Negro man nam’d Solomon Miller aged thirty two years I hereby Emancipate & sett free the above named slave and do for my self my heirs my Executor admin. Relinquish all my right title Interest and claim or pretension of claim whatsoever, either to his person or to any Estate he may hereafter acquire without any interruption from me or any person claiming for by or under me. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this 19th day of September ann. Dom. 1783.
Record Location
DB 12:365
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1783 - Echols to Solomon Miller - Halifax Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 15, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1066.