Records pertaining to all slavery cases in the District of Columbia covering the period from 1820 to 1863 were maintained by the Circuit Court. They include case papers that relate to fugitive slaves (1851-1863), manumission papers (1857-1863), papers that pertain to slave's purchase of their freedom, slaves freed by wills, petitions of slaves based on the July 12, 1863, Act (12 Stat. 538) that allowed them to file schedules if their owners had neglected to file according to the April 16, 1863, Act (12 Stat. 376), and emancipation papers based on the April 16, 1863, Act.
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Reproduction of the originals from the National Archives (United States). Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.
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