Nelson Gant was freed from slavery by the last will and testament of his owner, John Nixon, in September of 1845. But, the will did not free, Gant's wife, Anna Maria Hughes, who he had married three years prior. Under the Virginia law, Gant would not be allowed to stay in the state no longer […]
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