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Mcintosh, James - Receipt For The Transfer Of Enslaved Persons (D. Williams), Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for the transfer of twenty-five enslaved persons from the estate of James McIntosh to D. Williams.

Mcintosh, James - Letters Testamentary And Will, James Mcintosh, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Letters testamentary for David Urqhart for James McIntosh, and the will of James McIntosh.

Mcintosh, James - Receipt For The Transfer Of Enslaved Persons, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for the transfer of twenty-five enslaved persons from the estate of James McIntosh to Munson (?), a devisee of the estate by right of his wife.

Mcintosh, James - Receipt For The Transfer Of Enslaved Persons, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for the transfer of thirty enslaved persons to J Williams, from the estate of James McIntosh, deceased.

Mcintosh, James - Receipt For Monies And Enslaved Persons Transferred To An Overseer, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for wages paid and enslaved persons transferred to an overseer.

Mcintosh, James - Receipt For Expenses Paid For The Estate, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for expenses paid for the estate, incuding the purchase of shoes for enslaved persons.

Mcintosh, James - Receipyt For Medical Services, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for medical services including treatment of enslaved persons.

Mcintosh, James - Estate Administration Record For The Estate Of James Mcintosh, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Estate administration record for the estate of James McIntosh, deceased.

Mcintosh, James - Copy Of The Inventory And Appraisement Of Vale Plantation, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Copy of Inventory and appraisement of Vale Plantation, including 33 enslaved persons.

Mcintosh, James - Inventory And Appraisement Of Mount Airy Plantation, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Copy of Inventory and appraisement of Mount Airy Plantation, including 76 enslaved persons.

Mcintosh, James - Order For Appraisal And Inventory Of The Estate Of James Mcintosh, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Order for the appraisal and inventory of the estate of James McIntosh, which includes 33 enslaved persons.

Mcintosh, James - Estate Of James Mcintosh, Deceased, With David Urquhart, Executor, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original envelope for the probate records of James McIntosh.

Mcgahey, James - Articles Of Agreement For Services As An Overseer For B. Farrar, For The Year 1811., Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Articles of agreement for service as an overseer for B. Farrar for the year 1811.

Mcgahey, James - Order For The Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of James Mcgahey, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Order for the inventory and appraisal of the estate of James McGahey, including articles of agreement for service as an overseer for B. Farrar, for the year 1811.

Mcgahey, James- Estate Of James Mcgahey, Deceased, With Charles Edwards, Adm., Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original envelope for the probate records of James McGahey, deceased.

Mccurdy, Anne - Estate Administration Record For Anne Mccurdy, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Estate Admininstration record for Anne McCurdy, deceased, prepared by Peter P. Baker, Administrator, including information about the hiring of enslaved labor, 1825-1827

Mccurdy, Anne - Appraisal And Inventory Order For The Estate Of Anne Mccurdy, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Anne McCurdy, deceased, which includes a reference to one unnamed enslaved woman, valued at $350.

Mccurdy, Anne - Estate Of Anne Mccurdy, Deceased, With P.P. Baker, Adm., Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original envelope for probate records of Anne McCurdy, deceased.

Mccurdy, Anne - Original Will Of Anne Mccurdy, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original will of Anne McCurdy, which transfers an enslaved woman named Clarissa to McCurdy's granddaughter, Polly McCurdy

Mccracken, George - Receipt For Legal Services, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for legal services, including emancipation of an enslaved woman named Sally.

Mccracken, George - Record Of Expenses Paid By Executor Of The Estate Of George Mccracken, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Record of expenses paid by executor of the estate of George McCracken, including legal fees and sundries for enslaved woman.

Mccracken, George - Original Will Of George Mccracken, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original will of George McCracken, in which he transfers an enslaved woman named Sally to his executor, and states that she is to be sent to Ohio or Pennsylvania to be emancipated as soon as may be convenient.

Mccracken, George - Order For The Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of George Mccracken, Chancery Court Of Adams County, John Bell

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Order for the inventory and appraisal of the estate of George McCracken

Mccracken, George - Estate Of George Mccracken, Deceased, With Thomas Muncie, Executor, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original envelope for the probate file for George McCracken

Mccarey, Kitty (Minor) - Estate Administration Record For Kitty Mccarey (Minor), Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Estate administration record for Kitty McCarey (minor), including charges for transportation to Ohio for the purposes of emancipation.

Mccarey, Kitty (Minor) - Explanation Of The Account Of The Guardian For Kitty Mccarey (Minor), Chancery Court Of Adams County, John Burney

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Explanation of the account of the guardian for Kitty McCarey (minor).

Mccarey, Kitty (Minor) - Estate Of Kitty Mccarey, A Minor, With Walter Irvine, Guardian, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original envelope for the probate file for Kitty McCarey (minor).

Robert X House Collection, Dan Bonenberger, Brooke Boyst, Franklin Haywood, Carrie Malas, Jaclyn Panter, Ian Tomashik, Laura Waskiwicz, Taylor Williams, Austin Martin

Digital Heritage Preservation Collection

This collection examines the Robert X House at 18827 Keystone Street in Detroit, Michigan, a significant site in the history of the Nation of Islam and the broader narrative of Black empowerment and civil rights in mid-20th century America. Originally built in 1951 as a modest Federal Housing Administration (FHA) minimum ranch-style home, the property was purchased by Robert Davenport (later known as Robert X), an influential leader in the Nation of Islam. The house became a hub for religious instruction, community-building, and activism.

Robert X, a former boxer and musician, became a prominent figure in Detroit’s Nation of Islam …

The Black Performer's Toolbox: A Critical Authoethnography, Laura D. Oliver

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Blackness shines bright like the moon and beams outside of identity parameters that are limiting in Western society to determine its communicative function inside and outside systems of power. When Blackness intersects with performance, various ways to construct identity are highlighted to expand our understanding of theory and methods that emphasize difference and culture. This research project aims to reimagine Blackness as a performance methodology to explore the performer’s livelihood onstage and constructions of race that impact identity offstage. Additionally, this project is built from a specific method created from the continuous use of expressive work that reflects societal challenges …

Black Feminist Thought: Black Women's Emerging Power As Agents Of Knowledge, Oluremi Alapo

Open Educational Resources

To understand the black 21st woman’s struggle to reclaim herself from her experiences from the oppression of Structural Oppression. To discover the new standards of womanhood set after the years of the Atlantic slavery. To examine ways in which Black women can be empowered and also be known as an Agent of Knowledge.