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Auction archive: Lot number 3

Manuscript document certifying that no Negroes had been registered by Hugh Neilly, under the laws passed for the gradual abolition of slavery

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$330
Auction archive: Lot number 3

Manuscript document certifying that no Negroes had been registered by Hugh Neilly, under the laws passed for the gradual abolition of slavery

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$330
Beschreibung:

Title: Manuscript document certifying that no Negroes had been registered by Hugh Neilly, under the laws passed for the gradual abolition of slavery Author: Hamilton, Thomas, clerk Place: Westmoreland County, PA Publisher: Date: Dec. 11, 1793 Description: 12 lines, in brown ink, with paper seal, on sheet of paper 34x21 cm (13½x8¼"). Signed by Thomas Hamilton Document relating to the enforcement of Pennsylvania's groundbreaking effort to begin the abolition of slavery, "An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery," passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1780. The Act prohibited further importation of slaves into the state, required Pennsylvania slaveholders to annually register their slaves (with forfeiture for noncompliance, and manumission for the enslaved), and established that all children born in Pennsylvania were free persons regardless of the condition or race of their parents. Those enslaved in Pennsylvania before the 1780 law entered effect remained enslaved for life. The present document seems to reveal non-compliance with the law by Hugh Neilly, in part: "I hereby certify, on application of Ralph Cherry, that a careful search hath been made by me among the Records of Negro's [sic] entered on the Records of Westmoreland County, and that on such search it doth not appear that any Negro's hath been registered in the name of Peter or any other name as his property by Hugh Neilly of Westmoreland County aforesaid under the laws passes for the gradual abolition of slavery... Thomas Hamilton clerk." Docketed on the back, "Certificate that no Negro's hath been registered in Westmoreland as the property of Hugh Neilly." Lot Amendments Condition: Old folds with splitting along them, some offsetting, very good overall. Item number: 289094

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
25 Jan 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Manuscript document certifying that no Negroes had been registered by Hugh Neilly, under the laws passed for the gradual abolition of slavery Author: Hamilton, Thomas, clerk Place: Westmoreland County, PA Publisher: Date: Dec. 11, 1793 Description: 12 lines, in brown ink, with paper seal, on sheet of paper 34x21 cm (13½x8¼"). Signed by Thomas Hamilton Document relating to the enforcement of Pennsylvania's groundbreaking effort to begin the abolition of slavery, "An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery," passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1780. The Act prohibited further importation of slaves into the state, required Pennsylvania slaveholders to annually register their slaves (with forfeiture for noncompliance, and manumission for the enslaved), and established that all children born in Pennsylvania were free persons regardless of the condition or race of their parents. Those enslaved in Pennsylvania before the 1780 law entered effect remained enslaved for life. The present document seems to reveal non-compliance with the law by Hugh Neilly, in part: "I hereby certify, on application of Ralph Cherry, that a careful search hath been made by me among the Records of Negro's [sic] entered on the Records of Westmoreland County, and that on such search it doth not appear that any Negro's hath been registered in the name of Peter or any other name as his property by Hugh Neilly of Westmoreland County aforesaid under the laws passes for the gradual abolition of slavery... Thomas Hamilton clerk." Docketed on the back, "Certificate that no Negro's hath been registered in Westmoreland as the property of Hugh Neilly." Lot Amendments Condition: Old folds with splitting along them, some offsetting, very good overall. Item number: 289094

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
25 Jan 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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