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The Enslaved Household of Tench Ringgold - Photo 2

The Enslaved Household of Tench Ringgold - Photo 2

Petition for Freedom filed by “Negro Susan” in 1836 on behalf of herself and her four children Kitty, Mary, Maria, and Thomas from Tench Ringgold, then living in Alexandria (Arlington) County, and his daughter Mary [D. G.] Ringgold. Their lawyer was Francis Scott Key.

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National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 21, Entry 6, Box 561, Folder 399: http://earlywashingtondc.org/doc/oscys.case.0208.001