Free Negro Bond for Lizzie Keckley
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Free Negro Bond for Lizzie Keckley. 1859, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61657
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Lizzie Keckley
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Date
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May 5, 1859
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Identifier
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fre0612.1859.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Lizzie Keckley
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Lizzie Keckley as principal, and
John Finney as securities,
are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri, in the just and
full sum of Ten hundred Dollars, lawful money of the
United States, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs,
executors and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals,
and dated this fifth day of May A.D. 1859
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Lizzie has applied to the County Court
of St. Louis County for, and obtained a license to reside in the State of
Missouri, during good behavior: Now, if the said applicant shall be of
good character and behavior during her residence in the State of
Missouri, then this obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.
*Lizzie Keckley*
*John Finney*
> *Function: age, height, occupation*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
39 5.2. Accomp[lished?] Mantuamaker
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Lizzie Keckley
Free Negroes License
Filed May 5 1859.
Free Negro Bond for Lizzie Keckley. 1859, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61657
