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Title	DICKERSON, WILLIAM, ADS
Subject	Slavery; San Augustine, Tx.
Description	Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866 DICKERSON, WILLIAM, ADS, San Augustine, March 1866. Petition to the court requesting that a colored girl named Lucinda be bound to the petitioner for a period of eighteen years in exchange for her care and permission to adopt the petitioner's name. 2pp. 8 x 10. SHH VI:23
Identifier	SHHManuscripts/SHHVI/23/SHHVI_23p1.jpg
Location	SHH\SHH_MULTI_ORIG\SHH_MULTI_ORIG_02\SHHManuscripts\SHHVI
Scope and Content Note	The earliest document (May 24, 1809) concerns receiving a slave called Jess, the transaction taking place in New Orleans. There are descriptions of the hire of slaves belonging to third party owners, recovery of slaves, slave inventories for the sake of evaluating an estate, the sale of a woman named Ester, a promissory note charged against the value of a "good likely young black woman not more than twenty years old", descriptions and valuations for a wide range of monetary compensation depending on the age, complexion, and gender of the individual. The collection concludes with a petition to the court requesting that a colored girl be "bound for a period of eighteen years in exchange for her care and permission to adopt the petitioner's name" dated 1866 which, if granted, would perpetuate the "peculiar institution" beyond the time of emancipation.
Transcript	The State of Texas } County Court March Term County of San Augustine } 1866 To the Hon. Cader B Powell, Chief Justice in aforesaid county. Your petitioner, William Dickerson, a resident citizen of said county and state, would respectfully represent unto your Honor that there came to his house about the 25th day of January 1866, a col[ored] girl by the name of Lucinda about Eleven years of age. Said girl Lucinda has neither father nor mother as petitioner is informed and believes, and is entirely destitute of means of every description. Said girl wishes to live with your petitioner and petitioner is willing to take such care of said girl as he does of his own children, provided your Honor will bind said girl to him. He would take her without bonding, but after he has clothed and fed her for a season, some evil minded person might persuade her off, and leave petitioner remedy- less, unless bound. She wishes and is willing to adopt the name of Petitioner as her own. Petitioner would therefore pray that your Honor would bond said girl Lucinda Dickerson a col[ored] girl to him for the Term of Eighteen years, upon such restrictions and conditions as your Honor may seem fit to impose, and as in duty bound Petitioner will ever pray so. William Dickerson for self Wm Dickerson Petition to bind Lucinda Dickerson C.B. Powell Chief Just Filed March 6th 1866 File. Dixon Clerk, Co. Court S.A.C. Would that the prayer of Petitioner be granted by giving Bond and Security in the sum of $200.00 Dollars C. B. Powell April 30th 1866
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