List of Enslaved People Freed by Lawrence Taliaferro
Eliza
Frederick
William
Horace
Thomas
Samuel
Jerry
Armistead
John
Horace 2d
Lizzie
Bettie
Harriet
Susan
William 2d
Turner
Turner 2d
Wyatt
Phillis
Lucy
Charlotte
21 freed from Slavery
1839-40-43
- Title
- List of Enslaved People Freed by Lawrence Taliaferro
- Description
- This undated note scribbled on the back of a document attesting to Lawrence Talliaferro's membership in the Franklin Society lists the names of 21 enslaved men and women whom Taliaferro manumitted between 1839-1843. Among the named is Harriet Robinson, the wife of Dred Scott.
- Subject
- African Americans
- Document Type
- Image
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Archival Source
- Lawrence Taliaferro Papers, 1813-1868, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1813-1835, Doc. 2, Minnesota Historical Society
- Digital Repository
- Minnesota Historical Society Collections Online
- Item sets
- Dred Scott, The Veteran Litigant
- Title
- List of Enslaved People Freed by Lawrence Taliaferro
- Description
- This undated note scribbled on the back of a document attesting to Lawrence Talliaferro's membership in the Franklin Society lists the names of 21 enslaved men and women whom Taliaferro manumitted between 1839-1843. Among the named is Harriet Robinson, the wife of Dred Scott.
- Subject
- African Americans
- Document Type
- Image
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Archival Source
- Lawrence Taliaferro Papers, 1813-1868, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1813-1835, Doc. 2, Minnesota Historical Society
- Digital Repository
- Minnesota Historical Society Collections Online
- Item sets
- Dred Scott, The Veteran Litigant