Letter to Mr. Young from Peter Van Bebber
date: label: Date
content: November 18, 1855
name: label: Written by
content: Peter Van Bebber, American
notes: label: Description
content: A handwritten letter in black ink on white paper. Peter Vanbebber, an enslaved preacher in Missouri, writes a white minister and asks to be bought from his present master for $1,000, and then allowed to emigrate to Liberia to serve the Lord. He says his master would agree to this arrangement and eagerly awaits an answer.
place: label: Place made
content: Mount Sterling, Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Colonization movement
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: 2009.14.5
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
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: 12 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (31.6 x 20 cm)