Order to bind Katy Gillespie to Dr. William A. Gillespie
Dublin Core
Title
Order to bind Katy Gillespie to Dr. William A. Gillespie
Subject
African Americans, labor
Description
In 1866 the General Assembly authorized local overseers of the poor to "bind out," or apprentice, orphaned or homeless African American children to responsible adults to raise, educate, and provide training in some useful occupation. The Virginia Constitution of 1864 specified that all orphaned Virginia children, including freedpeople, be treated in the same manner as overseers of the poor had previously treated white orphans.
Source
Louisa County, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1866, Louisa County Court Records, Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
Date
ca. 1865-1866
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
14_0701_005, Katy Gillespie contract_transcription_14_0701_005.pdf
Coverage
Louisa County, Virginia
Citation
“Order to bind Katy Gillespie to Dr. William A. Gillespie,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/522.