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Amanda of Color vs. Heisle Estate Freedom Suit
In 1841, Samuel Heisle (or Hisle) of Henry County, Kentucky left a will permitting his 36 enslaved people to hire themselves out and use the proceeds to purchase their freedom from his illegitimate son. Several of these Black Kentuckians were able to be manumitted. Others were not so...
Project by Sr. Thea Bowman Society
USCT Pension files
1633 Black Catholics are buried in unmarked graves in St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville, KY. Many of the men served in the Union army during the Civil War (the US Colored Troops), as Buffalo Soldiers, and in World War I. This project collects military records, especially pension files, that were...
Project by Sr. Thea Bowman Society