Between the Covers

Unbound. Single sheet. Near fine. A statement dated May 19th, 1832 attesting that a Frederick County, Maryland, "negro woman," Charlotte Jaines was "free born." The statement reads: “Maryland, Frederick County, to wit, on this 19th day of May 1832, before me the Subscriber and Justice of the Peace in and for said country, personally appeared David Harris and makes oath on the holy Evangely of Almighty God, that Charlotte Jaines the negro woman now in my presence is a free born, to the best of his knowledge. Sworn before George Rice.”.

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