Emancipation of Wesley Snowden

event name

Emancipation of Wesley Snowden

location

Residence of Allen L. Dodge

Identifier

EV_1561

first name

Wesley

last name

Snowden

age

Adult

age description

24

physical description

Tall, mulatto

occupation

Husbandry

occupation description

Ostler

event type

Emancipation

event date

1862-04-16

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 Allen Dodge, 5 June 1862 (Petition No. 636)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 24 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217988-00202. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

emancipated person

Wesley Snowden

enslaver

Allen L. Dodge