Tag: Piittsburgh

• September 10, 2024

  Manumission Jacob and Others from Joseph Barker Esquire 1809

  Manumission Negro Jacob & Others from Joseph Barker Esquire Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Barker of Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania, Esquire, from motives of benevolence and humanity, have manumitted enfranchised, and set free from slavery, and do hereby manumit enfranchise and set free from slavery my negro slaves herein…