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Deed of Emancipation for the Estes family: November 10, 1852

Deed of Emancipation for the Estes family: November 10, 1852

Deed of Emancipation submitted by Howard Estes to the Clay County, Missouri Circuit Court on 10th of November 1852, freeing from slavery his wife Hannah aged about 48 […]
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, Person of National Historic Significance

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, Person of National Historic Significance

On August 4, 2009 the Government of Canada recognized Gibbs as “A Person of National Historic Significance” and commissioned the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to […]
Cover of Gibbs book “Shadow and Light, An Autobiography”

Cover of Gibbs book “Shadow and Light, An Autobiography”

Shadow and Light, An Autobiography. With Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century.” Published in 1902. In the preface Gibbs writes “During the late years abroad, while reading […]
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