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South Carolina: Slaves freed before ratification of the 13th amendment

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Susanna Anthony Robberts (bef.1638 - d.)
see page 160 of Freedmen of New Netherland " Family responsibility was not only dictated by law. After the death of the parents of Jochem anthony Robberts, his sister and guardian Susanna a free Negr...
Dido Badaraka (c.1764 - d.)
Dido was kidnapped at the age of 12 from Morocco. She was transported by slave ship , then sold as a slave in Charleston, South Carolina. Dido was freed at the age of 19 by her master's will.Source:* f...

Sub Project to Slaves freed in America before the Emancipation Proclamation

Freed in South Carolina before January 1, 1863