Robert Jemison Proclamation to Slaves, ; . 1827 1865

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Robert Jemison Proclamation to Slaves, ; . 1827 1865

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Two proclamations to slaves, granting them a share of plantation earnings under specified conditions, made by Robert and William Jemison of Alabama. Robert's proclamation is dated 1865 and William's 1827.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Jemison, Robert, 1802-1871

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Robert Jemison, Jr., was a planter, lawyer, businessman, state representative and senator, member of the Alabama Secession Convention, and Confederate States Senator. He was born September 17, 1802, in Lincoln County, Georgia, near Augusta, and died October 17, 1871 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was the son of William and Sarah (Mims) Jemison. He was educated by Professor N. S. S. Beaman, the stepfather of William Lowndes Yancey, and attended the University of Georgia. Among his classmates were Dix...