Sujet

Manumission certificate for William Steward, mariner granted citizenship, 1820-05-29. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Manumission certificate for William Steward, mariner granted citizenship. Ship and dock scene, 1820-05-29. '...I, R. Milford Blatchford, a Public Notary...do hereby certify, that it hath been proved to my satisfaction, that William Steward a coloured man, Mariner, who now personally appears before me, and is aged about twenty three years five feet 3 and a half inches high - having a scar on his left knee - dark complexion & woolly hair is a Freeman and Citizen of the [USA], born in the State of New York. And I do further certify that the act of Congress..."For the relief and protection of American Seamen", having omitted to make provision for persons of Colour to obtain Certificates of Citizenship...this is granted to show that the said William Steward is...entitled to be respected accordingly, in person and property at all times by sea and land in the due prosecution of his lawful concerns...'. Signed with an X by Steward ('his mark').

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A17_336

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,2Mo (1,2Mo) / 29,5cm x 37,6cm / 3481 x 4439 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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