Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Report of the Standing Committee, August 10, 1786, page [2]

In Collection(s)

Details

Creator / Contributor: New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated. Standing Committee
Matlack, White
Title: Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Report of the Standing Committee, August 10, 1786, page [2]
Collection Title: New-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849
Date: 1786-08-10
Description: Two page report of the Standing Committee, dated August 10, 1786, signed by White Matlack and others. It discusses the recent act of the New York State legislature, liberating slaves who were property of the state.
Identifier: nyhs_nyms_v-05_017
Mss Collection - BV Manumission Society - Volume 5
Subject: Slavery--Law and legislation--New York (State)
Subject corporate name: New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated. Standing Committee
New York (State). Legislature
Material type or medium of original: reports
Rights: This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. For more information, please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions