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1813 Freedom/Manumission Papers for Lewis Adams
Manumission "Freedom Paper" for Lewis Adams, a maternal great-great-great grandfather of Art Thomas. Paper dated 15 Mar 1813 when Lewis is to be freed and reflects future "freedom" dates for his children. Milly, Harriet & Simon. At the time of this paper the State of KY required the emancipator, in this case William Adams, to have two (2) other free whites sign for the emancipation of any slave(s). William Adams chose his daughter Catherine (Adams) Hite and his son-in-law John HIte for his co-signers. The name of the mother of Lewis' children is unknown. Harriett is the only child known to have received her freedom and she is found as the wife of John Miles, with her family, residing in the household next to Lewis Adams in the 1850 Census records for Concord Twp., Champaign Co., OH.
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Comment by Ken Jones on January 17, 2010 at 10:07am
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Thanks for posting that,no matter how much I read or hear about slavery it still blows my mind.To think that the people of the time actually considered slaves as personal property,it's just hard to comprehend.Really makes you wonder why we hold people such as Washington,Jefferson and others so highly when they themselves spoke of freedom and rights but yet turned right around and enslaved others.
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Comment by Debbra Walker on July 26, 2009 at 6:21pm
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Reading this is humbling...thank you for posting this
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