Written by
Fuller, Jeremiah, American, 1810 - 1877
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
November 4, 1867
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (16.5 x 19.7 cm)
Description
A handwritten petition to the county court of Madison County written by Jeremiah Fuller concerning the three children of a woman named Harriet. The petition is written in brown ink on off-white, blue lined paper. Handwritten in graphite in a different hand at the top, right corner on the front is [PETITION FOR / SLAVES]. The document reads [To the Worshipful the county / court of Marion County / Your petitioner / would respectfully / represent to your worshipful body, that Harriet a freedwoman has three children, one named / Thomas, aged 7 years, another named George / aged about 5 years and the third Philip / about 2 years old which she the [illegible] Harriet / the mother wishes bound to me your petitioner Jeremiah Fuller / Nov. 4th, 1867.] On the verso, in the bottom right corner, in a different hand is the inscription [Dreary] repeated three times.
Place made
Madison County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Manuscripts
Type
legal documents
Topic
American South
Children
Emancipation
Families
Law
Motherhood
Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
Slavery
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2010.1.7
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a2d79260-e856-4feb-bdf7-cb0771b50b54

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