Deed of Emancipation for Peter Ware, enslaved man, January 19, 1853
Labadie, Victoire. 1853. “Deed of Emancipation for Peter Ware, Enslaved Man, January 19, 1853”. Paper document, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/57294
- Title
- Deed of Emancipation for Peter Ware, enslaved man, January 19, 1853
- Description
- Deed of Emancipation for Peter Ware by Victoire Labadie, widow of Sylvestre Labadie, St. Louis, Missouri, January 19, 1853. Victoire Labadie formally emancipated Peter, a Black man aged about forty-four years, marking him free from enslavement. The document describes Peter's physical features, including a mark on the back of his neck and a mole on the left side of his nose.
- Creator
- Labadie, Victoire
- Contributor
- L. R. Cortmbard
- Date
- January 19, 1853
- Subject
- Emancipation
- Enslavement
- St. Louis, MO
- Ware, Peter
- legal proceedings
- Place
- St. Louis
- Source
- Labadie, Victoire, St. Louis enslaver, 1853 January 19, Box: 8, Folder: 22. William K. Bixby Papers, MS-MS-ms013. Manuscripts.
- Labadie, Victoire, St. Louis enslaver, 1853 January 19
- Type
- Legal Document (Deed of Emancipation)
- Format
- TIFF Image
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Paper document
- Rights Holder
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Julian Edison Department of Special Collections
Labadie, Victoire. 1853. “Deed of Emancipation for Peter Ware, Enslaved Man, January 19, 1853”. Paper document, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/57294