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Petition regarding the estate of Maria Holliday, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, January 3, 1844

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Title
Petition regarding the estate of Maria Holliday, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, January 3, 1844
Additional title: Petition regarding the estate of Maria Holliday, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, January 3, 1844. The sale of land and 300 slaves yielded over $51,000. The document lists the slaves, their ages, and the price for each.
Collection

Middleton "Spike" Harris slavery and abolition collection,1718-1876 [Legacy]

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1844-01-03
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 34
Topics
Slavery -- United States
Genres
Petitions
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19115409
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5bb3ab80-c6bd-012f-8c23-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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  • 1844: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Petition regarding the estate of Maria Holliday, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, January 3, 1844" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c2c6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Petition regarding the estate of Maria Holliday, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, January 3, 1844" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c2c6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1844). Petition regarding the estate of Maria Holliday, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, January 3, 1844 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c2c6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Petition regarding the estate of Maria Holliday, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, January 3, 1844