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Nansemond County (Va.) Free Negro Certificates, 1827-1861

Nansemond County (Va.) Free Negro Certificates, 1827-1861. The collection contains eight certificates issued by the court to indicate a person's free status. Free negro certificates generally include the free person's full name, sometimes age and a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the person's freedom or emancipation. Each of these certificates was issued to persons who were born free.

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Nansemond County (Va.) Free Negro Certificates, 1827-1861

Suffolk (Va.) Circuit Court.

Nansemond County (Va.) Free Negro Certificates, 1827-1861. The collection contains eight certificates issued by the court to indicate a person's free status. Free negro certificates generally include the free person's full name, sometimes age and a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the person's freedom or emancipation. Each of these certificates was issued to persons who were born free.

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