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Contains 81 Results:

Typescript paper with pencil corrections titled "The Legal Aspects of Slavery in Missouri" by Emil Oberholzer, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the faculty of political science, Columbia University. (71 pages) Published in the Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, Vol. VI, Nos. 2, 3, and 4 (January, April, and July 1950)., 1949 June

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: D01157
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Slaves and Slavery Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. Approximately half of the documents in the collection are receipts for sales of slaves, some of which were recorded in various courts. The collection also includes deeds of emancipation; personal correspondence; and broadsides offering rewards for the capture of runaway slaves.

Dates: 1949 June