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Ben English showed us a relic of antebellum times in the form of an emancipation deed, giving freedom to a slave woman, the mother of the old colored man Holland who lately died in this place and who bore the same name as his master, who made this deed, which has the usual acknowledgement and certificate and reads as follows:
I, Nathaniel Holland, do hereby emancipate, set free, the following negro woman named Edy, aged 64 years (born ~1786), and the said slave, Edy, is hereby forever discharged from servitude to myself, heirs, executors, administrators and all other persons, and invested with all the rights of a free person in so far as I can confer them.
In testimony whereof, I, Nathaniel Holland, of Platte County, Missouri, hereby set my hand and seal, this 3d day of August, 1850. [Seal.] Nathaniel Holland. Attest: Geo. (George) Gabbert, Ira Norris.Date(s) of Creation
8/3/1850
