Lot 1170
1777 Quaker Slave Manumission. Partly-printed document executed by Sarah Yeardley, a Quaker widow who lived in Lower Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated "this twenty eighth day of the first month [March was the first month for Quakers]…1777, 6 x 7 in. "I…do hereby set free from bondage, my Negroe Man named Thomas Farmer aged about Sixty years, and do…release…all claim whatsoever as to his person…." Mrs. Yeardley signed before two witnesses. Lightly toned overall with scattered foxing. The Quakers were the first religious group to declare that slavery was wrong and to demand that their members free their slaves. A rare Revolutionary War-date slave manumission.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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