(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) ALABAMA Know all These Present

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) ALABAMA. Know all These Present . . . Manuscript document 9 x 8-1/4 inches, on faintly lined paper, making Charles George the legal guardian to 'the person and estate of Julia Hogan a free woman of color over the age of twenty-one years of age.' Creases where folded; docketed on the reverse. Talladega County, AL, 7 July 1859

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A most unusual document in which Julia Hogan, a 'free women of color, over the age of twenty-one' has been given a court-appointed guardian to look after both her person and her estate. The latter must have been comfortable to say the least because the guardian, Mr. Charles George was given $500 to take care of Ms. Hogan's property and person. It is possible that Ms. Hogan was the slave and mistress of a gentleman who upon his death left her both free and with an estate. We could find no record in Talladega County of a Mr. Hogan recently deceased. It is possible that whoever it was had a different surname.