Frederick County, Maryland, Court Document. Slave Purchased and Freed
by her Mother, 1831.
Slave Purchased and Freed
by her Mother
This document alludes to the poignant story of Nancy Richardson, a mother
who worked diligently and ultimately purchased freedom for her enslaved
daughter, Floria Barnes. This testimony legally certifies that “Floria
Barnes a negro woman now before me is the identical negro woman who was
heretofore purchased by her mother Nancy Richardson, and who was by the
Said Nancy Richardson, manumitted and set free...”
Gift of Gail ’56 and Stephen Rudin
- The Underground Railroad
- William Wells Brown
- Henry Highland Garnet
- Samuel Ringgold Ward
- Slave Purchased and Freed by her Mother
- Runaway Slave Notice
- The Amistad
- Insurrections
- Douglass' Monthly
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