Original 1859 Kentucky Slavery / Slave Manumission Document A Slave Is Freed

Very rare and fantastic, original 1859 Manuscript Slavery Related Document from Bourbon County, Kentucky being a "Manumission Declaration" / Official Document stating that a black man by the name of Thornton Love, formerly a slave, was now a free person of color - a "free man". This fantastic Document certifying that a slave has been given his freedom is written on a high quality paper sheet that measures approx. It is dated March 7th, 1859 and carries file docketing on the reverse.

The Document is fully manuscript and reads in full: Know all men by these presents that I B. Bowers of Bourbon County KY have emancipated and by these presents do emancipate and set free my negro man slave Thornton Love and authorize him to act hereforth as a free man. Given under my hand at Paris this 7th day of March 1859. Bowers Bourbon County Court March Term March 7, 1859. The foregoing deed of emancipation was produced and acknowledged in open court by Ben F.

Bowers a party thereto to be his act and deed and ordered to record. Brown clerk of said court the date above. The Document carries manuscript docketing on the reverse that attests to the fact that it was once filed with the Bourbon County Kentucky Clerk. Over the past 36+ years we have owned many Slave related documents, but never before have we had the pleasure of owning a Certificate of Manumission. This document is tangible evidence and legal proof that Thornton Love was no longer the property of another man -- no longer a Slave but now a free man.

We can only imagine how much a document like this would be cherished by its owner. How important it was and how proud he was to have it. I have to say a small chill traveled up my spine when I first held and read this fantastic Document. We have handled MANY important historical documents in the past, but none have been as life-changing nor carried the pure emotion and of this small piece of simple paper. This rare and wonderful Kentucky Slave Manumission Document is in excellent condition - clean and crisp and very well preserved with the normal vertical and horizontal creases that are found on documents filed as public records. This Manumission Document is unconditionally guaranteed original and as described - it will be accompanied by our own Letter of Authenticity with a statement of our lifetime, unconditional guarantee that it will be deemed authentic by any 3rd party authentication service.

A very rare and simply fantastic 1859 Kentucky Slave Manumission Document and a fantastic addition to any Historical Americana, Black Americana or American Historical Manuscript collection!! The item "ORIGINAL 1859 KENTUCKY SLAVERY / SLAVE MANUMISSION DOCUMENT A SLAVE IS FREED" is in sale since Friday, November 18, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Black Americana\Other Black Americana". The seller is "walnutts" and is located in Brewster, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.