- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Act Emancipating Austin Dabney
- Date of Original:
- 1786-08-14
- Subject:
- Slaves--Emancipation--Georgia
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans - People:
- Dabney, Austin, ca. 1765-1830
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "An Act to Emancipate and set free Austin a mulatto, also Harry, a Negro fellow."
Austin Dabney, an African-American slave who joined a Georgia regiment and was severely wounded during the Revolutionary War, was freed, along with a slave named Harry, by an act of the Georgia legislature and given a land grant. - Local Identifier:
- ah00006
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/582
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Vol. D, Enrolled Acts and Resolutions, House and Senate, Legislature, RG 37-1-15, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
