Emancipation of Luisa Rhodes · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Luisa Rhodes
location: Residence of Nancy Parker
Identifier: EV_2037
first name: Luisa
last name: Rhodes
age: Adult
age description: 17
physical description: Bright, 4'9"
event type: Emancipation
event date: 1862-04-16
value: 600
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 Nancy Parker, 29 May 1862 (Petition No. 546)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 24 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217987-00721. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
place: Georgetown, DC
place type: City
emancipated person: Louisa Rhodes
enslaver: Nancy Parker