Court record; Cohen, Philip Jacob; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; 1807 March 11

Title:

Court record; Cohen, Philip Jacob; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; 1807 March 11

Date:

1807-03-11

Description:

Cohen, Philip Jacob. Charleston, SC, A remarkable document issued in Charleston, Carolina, granting freedom to a slave named Peter in 1807. The document is signed by Philip Jacob Cohen (1781-1866) and is the earliest known American slave emancipation document where a Jew is involved

Identifier:

2008.02.05.00002; {86FF1405-42B8-4079-B3E4-24C56228CA2B}

Language:

English

Type:

Court records

Personal Name:

Cohen, Philip Jacob

Geographic Subject:

United States -- South Carolina -- Charleston; United States -- South Carolina

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Call Number:

Arc.MS.56

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)