Emancipation of Humphrey Alfred Docket · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Humphrey Alfred Docket
location: Residence of Robert Cruit
Identifier: EV_0250
first name: Humphrey Alfred
last name: Docket
age: Adult
age description: 20.5
physical description: Black, 5'6"
occupation: Agriculture
occupation description: Farm hand
event type: Emancipation
event date: 1862-04-16
value: 900
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury, 1775-1978]. 1862. "Petition of Susan Cruit, 23 May 1862 (Petition No. 412)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 27 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217987-00051. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
emancipated person: Humphrey Alfred Docket
enslaver: Susan J. Cruit; Robert Cruit