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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
MARITIME.
An 1861 duplicate of a
passport issued to black sailor Isaac
Davis in 1853 (no doubt lost), certi-
fying that he is “A native of the
United States of America.”
Partially
printed single small folio sheet, accom-
plished by hand. An early horizontal split
in the middle has an early paper restora-
tion done to the reverse.
Port of Philadelphia, 1861
[500/750]
A RARE SEAMAN
’
S PROTECTION CERTIFI
-
CATE PROVIDED FOR SAILORS TO AVOID
BEING
“
SHANGHAIED
”
BY THE NAVIES OF
OTHER NATIONS
,
NOTABLY THAT OF
GREAT BRITAIN
,
AS PROOF OF FREEDOM
.
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