Emancipation of Elizabeth

event name

Emancipation of Elizabeth

Identifier

EV_3084

first name

Elizabeth

age

Adult

age description

18

physical description

Light mulatto, tall, slender, short black hair

occupation

Domestic Service

occupation description

House servant, cook, seamstress

event type

Employment

event date

1862-04-16

value

6

notes

Monthly income rate

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 Mary D. G. Ringgold (Petition No. 450), 27 May 1862." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 24 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217987-00239. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

place

Frederick County, MD

place type

County

leased person

Elizabeth

enslaver

Mary D.G. Ringgold