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11. EAP323/1/4/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/4/11
Title:
Document 11
Scope & Content:
Laura, Black slave, denounced the heirs of the late Isabel Ovidia de Resende for bringing her to Belém to be sold without a valid certificate, since she had not been enrolled in the Emancipation Fund by them. Such fact entitled her to be legally freed. She feared her master’s violent behavior and...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

12. EAP323/1/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/4/4
Title:
Document 4
Scope & Content:
Isabel Maria da Silva, slave, claimed that she had not been enrolled in the Emancipation Fund neither by her deceased master, captain Manoel Antonio Rodrigues, or by his heirs, which was against the Law of 1871 and, for that, she petitioned to be legally freed. Samuel W. Mac Donald, solicitor. Ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

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