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Collection Reference Number GLC07609
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1818 
Title Petition of freeman wrongly enslaved by Samuel P. Hargrove
Date 4 August 1818
Author Gelar, Jose (fl. 1818)  
Document Type Legal document
Content Description "The Petition of Jose Gelar respectfully showeth that he is a native of the Island of Cuba,... and by birth a freeman..."
Subjects Slavery  Freemen  African American History  Caribbean  Latin and South America  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Petition  
People Gelar, Jose (fl. 1818)  
Place written Twiggs County, Georgia
Theme Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859