- Written by
- Van Bebber, Peter, American
- Date
- November 18, 1855
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (31.6 x 20 cm)
- Description
- 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 made
- Mount Sterling, Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- Africa
- Christianity
- Correspondence
- Emancipation
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.14.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




