Document confirming free status of Eleanor Brooks and Mary Wheaton
date: label: Date
content: September 2, 1826
name: label: Written by
content: George Roberts, American
label: Subject of
content: Eleanor Brooks, American, died 1880
label: Subject of
content: Mary Wheaton, American, died 1880
label: Subject of
content: Daniel Emory, American
notes: label: Description
content: Document confirming the free status of Eleanor Brooks and Mary Wheaton. The document is handwritten on yellowed paper in brown ink. The document reads "On this 2nd day of September 1826 personally appears / Daniel Emory before the subscriber a Justice / of the Peace in and for said County and made / oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God / that he doth know both Eleanor Brooks and Mary Wheaton the two Mulatto women / now in my presence were born free. / Sworn Before / George Roberts." Handwritten text on the back of the document in the top right corner reads “Attest of / Daniel Emory / filed 2nd Sept. / 1826."
place: label: Place made
content: Frederick County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.251.4
objectType: label: Type
content: affidavits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (12 × 21.3 cm)