Papers of Micajah Crew, 1779-1828.

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Papers of Micajah Crew, 1779-1828.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86129753

Chiefly business papers and correspondence of Micajah Crew dealing with wheat, corn, and tobacco trade. There are a few letters relating to the affairs of the Society of Friends and hiring of slaves. Also included correspondence about the estate of Robert Pleasants, including the fate of his former slaves, and a letter regarding a decision of the Superior Court of Chancery to restore a slave to her freedom (1809).

339 pieces.2 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 8341431

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Pleasants, Robert, 1723-1801

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Robert Pleasants was a Quaker merchant, planter, and enslaver-turned-abolitionist who spent most of his life in Henrico County, Virginia. He is perhaps best known for successfully suing for the freedom of over 400 enslaved people as the plaintiff in Pleasants v. Pleasants, the largest manumission case in U.S. history. Pleasants was born about 1723 to John Pleasants III and Margaret Jordan Pleasants, Quaker members of Virginia's planter aristocracy of enslavers, at their estate o...

Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Crew, Micajah, d. ca. 1821.

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Micajah Crew was a Quaker, miller and a commission merchant in Hanover, Va. He was an executor of the estate of Robert Pleasants (1723-1810). From the description of Papers of Micajah Crew, 1779-1828. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129753 ...