Order to bind Katy Gillespie to Dr. William A. Gillespie

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Katy Gillespie contract_transcription_14_0701_005.pdf

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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

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