Sujet

Certificate by City and County of New York for Peter Seaman, 1814-04-23. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Certificate by City and County of New York for Peter Seaman, 1814-04-23. '...the said Peter...is about the age of thirty nine years...hath been reputed and considered to be free, and hath continually acted as a free man...I Peter [McCarlee?], one of the Aldermen of the City of New-York, and a Judge...Do Certify, That...Peter Seaman residing in the said city, a black man exhibited proof before me, reduced to writing, of the freedom of him the said Peter and being satisfied with such proof, I am of opinion, and do adjudge that the said Peter is free according to the laws of this state, and I Do Further Certify, that the said Peter is a person about five feet five inches high, has dark eyes & black hair, that he became free in or before the year 1796 as nearly as the same can be ascertained'.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A16_185

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

28,3Mo (1,1Mo) / 21,1cm x 33,7cm / 2492 x 3976 (300dpi)

Mots clés

library freedom country color location century citizen document identity concept African American African-American B&W certificate citizenship afro-american slavery public library MONOCHROME United States of America Colour rights 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA united states Unknown FREEDMAN freedmen cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art documents 19th-century Schomburg Center for Research Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture