Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Standing Committee report 1 mo. 9th 1805, page [1] and [4]

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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
Allen, Nehemiah
Title: Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Standing Committee report 1 mo. 9th 1805, page [1] and [4]
Collection Title: New-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849
Date: 1805-01-09
Description: Three page report, with cover, dated January 9, 1805, signed by Nehemiah Allen. Includes discussion of the New York practice of confining suspected slaves to Bridewell until they could prove their freedom.
Identifier: nyhs_nyms_v-05_085
Mss Collection - BV Manumission Society - Volume 5
Subject: Slaves--Effect of imprisonment on--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
Material type or medium of original: reports
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