{"deed_identifier":"DC.WAS.AY49.157.1","deed_county":"Washington DC.","deed_date":"May 25, 1820","deed_type":"Cert. of Freedom","book":"Book AY49, Page 157.","people":[{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"William Butler","role":"enslaved","color_race":"","sex":"","age":"","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/70844","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""}],"summaries":[],"abstracts":["Certificate of freedom was recorded on 25 May 1820. Henry C.\nNeall [Neale] states that William or \"Bill\" Butler is a free man, \"he having been once the\nproperty of my father to whom he belonged at the time of his obtaining his freedom.\" Signed in\nWashington City on 24 May 1820 by Henry C. Neall."],"compiler_notes":[]}