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Record #58 from Instruments of Freedom, Deeds and Wills of Emancipation Northampton County, Virginia 1782 to 1864

Page 60
Name of Enslaver Arthur Upshur
Document type Deed of Emancipation
Abstract Information about the Enslaved Person/People In consideration of favourable opinion intertained by me of negro Job & in consequence of having obtain a bond from William Dixon, John Tupin, Caleb B. Upshur & Harold L. Wilson for sum of $350, payable 18 mos with interest as furthr inducement to emancipate said negro - do totally emancipate & absolve from service said negro Job. Signed Arthur Upshur 15 July 1816.
Date 16 July 1816

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