Deed of Emancipation for Peter Ware, enslaved man, January 19, 1853

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: Julian Edison Department of Special Collections