Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

: [Deed of Emancipation of Steven Jackson by the trustees of the property of Michael Jackson]; Two-page deed of emancipation of the Stephen Jackson, the son of the freedman Michael Jackson, by the appointed trustees of Michael Jackson's property, in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

: Deed of Emancipation of Berry Rucker by Joseph Cooper; Two-page deed of emancipation of Berry Rucker by his owner Joseph Cooper for the sum of $450 paid by Berry Rucker in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

: [Deed of Emancipation of the slave Daniel by Lorenzo Goode]; Two-page deed of emancipation of the slave man Daniel by his owner Lorenzo Goode, in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

: [Legal Document relating to the lawsuit of Jesse Richardson regarding the sale of the female slave Pegge]; Two-page document describing the lawsuit brought by Jesse Richardson regarding the sale under false health pretenses of a slave named Pegge in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

: [Deed of Emancipation of eight slaves by John Green]; Two-page deed of emancipation of the slaves George, Aibry, Mary, William, Henry, Louis, Ajax, and James by their owner John Green in Lincoln County, Kentucky.