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Undated “Abram Lincoln Negroes” List
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John D. Pennybacker Paternity Claim Settlement 1860
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Sale Agreement for Tom 1858
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Col. Abraham Lincoln 1848 Letter – “Black Men’s Shoes”
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Col. Abraham Lincoln 1847 Letter
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Farm Animals Sale Receipt 1841
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Squire Court Documents 1841
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John Lineberger 1840 Letter – Alcohol Abuse
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Nathan’s 1833 Petition
This is a petition submitted to the General Assembly of Virginia in 1833 by a man named Nathan. Nathan was a free African American man seeking to remain in Rockingham County with his enslaved wife and children. At the time, Virginia law required recently-freed African Americans to leave the state soon after their emancipation, unless…