todaysdocument:Amanda Wallace and her five daughters had been freed from slavery by the DC Emancipat
todaysdocument:Amanda Wallace and her five daughters had been freed from slavery by the DC Emancipation Act. This petition contains claims of their enslaver’s loyalty to the Union and his ownership of the family as he applied for compensation, 5/14/1862. File Unit: Petitions, Nos. 238-249 , 9/6/1790 - 9/29/1894 Series: Settled Treasury Accounts, 9/6/1790 - 9/29/1894 Record Group 217: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, 1775 - 1978 Transcription: Keep reading -- source link