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Marriage during slavery 1866Description
With emancipation, Henry Brevard moved quickly and boldly to build a life as a free man and for his family. On 7 August 1866, he and Susan Wingate registered their marriage in Lincolnton Township, Lincoln County, through a cohabitation record with the Freedman’s Bureau, which documented that the couple had already been living as husband and wife for approximately six years prior to emancipation.