RICHMOND, VA - COURT - Joseph Gallego, Emancipation of slave Humbro, 10 Feb 1800
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I, Joseph Gallego of the City of Richmond, for good causes thereunto moving
have and by these presents emancipate and set a negro man slave named Humbro,
which said slave, the said Gallego bought of (blank white space here) Bowles
of Henrico, the said negro Humbro is about thirty two years old and he is
hereby declared to be a free man from this time forward forever.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of
February 1800.

                                                    Joseph Gallego  (seal)

                         At a Monthly Court of Hustings 
                  & Held for the City of Richmond at the Courthouse on
                          Monday the 10th day of February 1806

This Deed of Emancipation was acknowledged by Joseph Gallego, a party thereto
and ordered to be recorded.
   
                                                 Teste:
                                                 Adam Craig, CC
Examined.

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1804-1806
Hustings Deeds
Reel 3, page 405-406

Note: Spelling errors were not corrected.  Paragraphing and some punctuation
were added by transcriber for ease in reading.  There are no paragraphs in the
original.


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