Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Furgerson | grantor | |||
Joseph Wilson | grantor | |||
Joseph Williams | 33 | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
Manumission was recorded on 27 March 1820. John Furgerson and Joseph Wilson, both of Washington Co., District of Columbia, for divers good causes and considerations, set free "our Negro man named Joseph Williams [age] 33 and able to work and gain sufficient livelihood and maintenance and we declare him to be henceforth free forever." Signed on 8 November 1819 by John Furgerson and Joseph Wilson.