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Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888 Bragg, Thomas, 1810-1872 Thomas, John J. Ward, Nancy Lawrence
[Letter from Wms. C. Wickham to the Governor of North Carolina]
1858-01-21
Four-page letter from Williams Carter Wickham, Presiding Justice of Hanover County Court [Virginia], to Governor of North Carolina Thomas Bragg regarding the incarceration of John J. Thomas, who was arrested for purportedly aiding a slave named Lawrence to escape to a free state. The slave belonged to Nancy Ward of Wayne County, North Carolina.
nyhs_sc_b-05_f-14_w18 Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Slavery--Virginia Slaves--Virginia Slavery--North Carolina Slaves--North Carolina Imprisonment--Virginia
Letters
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