Description
"Know all men by these presents that I, Reuben Bozarth, a free person of color, for and in consideration of the love and affection I bear unto my wife Dicey Bozarth, whom I now hold as a slave by virtue of a purchase from Lewis Burnes, Guardian of the heirs of Abner Bozarth deceased, do by these presents forever emancipate and set free the said Dicey Bozarth aged about 35 years and bestow upon her by virtue of these presents all the freedoms which she is entitled to under the law and as much as if she had been born free. I, the said Reuben Bozarth, live in Platte County Missouri as also my wife Dicey. In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal hereunto affixed." "Now at this day comes Reuben Bozarth, a Free Person Of Color, and produces in open court here a deed by him executed, attested by E.H. Norton, emancipating and setting free a certain Negro woman named therein, to wit, Dicey Bozarth, a slave of said Reuben Bozarth aged about 35 years and the said Reuben Bozarth acknowledges the said deed of emancipation to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned."Date(s) of Creation
9/5/1851
