Emancipation of Alexander Gordon

event name

Emancipation of Alexander Gordon

location

Residence of Mary Ann Hall

Identifier

EV_1543

first name

Alexander

last name

Gordon

event type

Emancipation

event date

1862-07-07

value

87.6

source

National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the United States General Accounting]. 1862. "Payment on Petition of Mary Ann Hall, 7 July 1862 (Petition No. 181)." Commissions Valuations for Petitions. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-1863. Accessed 24 October 2024, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217984-00316. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

emancipated person

Alexander Gordon

enslaver

Mary Ann Hall