Emancipation of Alice Contee

event name

Emancipation of Alice Contee

location

Residence of Charles E. Mix

Identifier

EV_1281

first name

Alice

last name

Contee

age

Adult

age description

16

physical description

5'

event type

Emancipation

event date

1862-04-16

value

1000

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 Charles E. Mix, 11 July 1862 (Petition No. 896)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Found at Civil War Washington, https://civilwardc.org/texts/petitions/cww.00896.html (accessed 24 October 2024).

emancipated person

Alice Contee

enslaver

Charles E. Mix