Free paper for Elizabeth Only
date: label: Date
content: June 20, 1857
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Elizabeth Only, American, born 1832
notes: label: Description
content: A single sheet handwritten document of brown ink on blue paper documenting the sworn statement of James W. Simmons attesting that "Elizabeth Only, the negro Woman now in my presence, is the daughter of Rachel Only, a free Woman of Colour, that the said Elizabeth Only was born free." The document is dated June 20, 1857 in Frederick County, Maryland and is signed in the bottom right corner by the Justice of the Peace. There are no marks or inscriptions on the verso.
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: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Law
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: 2010.77.11
objectType: label: Type
content: free papers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
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: 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (13 x 20 cm)