Diana Ejaita
A Record of ”Liberty”: The enslaved that were manumitted were still unfree.
A Record of "Liberty": A remarkable set of documents, newly digitized, reveals the plight and bravery of enslaved people in the North. The enslaved that were manumitted were still unfree. They l lived for years in limbo, as did thousands of other Black people in several Northern states.
Smithsonian magazine
