{"deed_identifier":"DC.WAS.W22.227.1","deed_county":"Washington DC.","deed_date":"July 29, 1809","deed_type":"Cert. of Freedom","book":"Book W22, Page 227.","people":[{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"Will Smith","role":"grantee","color_race":"Mixed race (\"mulatto\")","sex":"Male","age":"","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/68998","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""}],"summaries":[],"abstracts":["Certificate of freedom was recorded on 29 July 1809. District of\nColumbia, City of Washington: \"Let it be known to all men whom it may concern that the bearer\nhere of, William Smith a Mulatto man, is free born and never has been held in slavery and as\nsuch is entitled to pass and repass about his lawful business whereso ever he pleases ( conforming\nhimself agreeablely to the laws) without the hindrance or molestation of any person or persons.\nGiven under my hand this 2nd day of March 1802.\" Signed by Robert Brent, Justice of the Peace of the District"],"compiler_notes":[]}