1860-1861 slave free papers link
https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/bourbon-county-kentucky-two-slave-manumissions-1859-incl-slaves-owned-by-bourbon-distiller-noah-spears-891062

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https://www.civilwartalk.com/threads/com/threads/it-is-too-much-too-believe.141984/ {note: Shocking story}
https://www.civilwartalk.com/threads/shades-of-grey-slaveholding-free-women-of-color-in-antebellum-new-orleans.141997/