Image: 1808 navy yard washington list slaves slaveholders
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Description: 12 May 1808 list of slaves and slaveholders at the Washington Navy Yard signed by Commodore Thomas Tingey. On list is Joe Smoot blacksmith striker,slave of Walter Clark, who finally won his freedom in a noted 1817 court case; Joe Thompson vs Walter Clark. Francis Scott Key was his attorney.
Title: 1808 navy yard washington list slaves slaveholders
Credit: May 1808 Washington Navy Yard list of slaves and slaveholders, signed by Commodore Thomas Tingey.photographed by Jack Megill at National Archives Washington DC
Author: Commodore Thomas Tingey USN
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