A Sacred Relic! Dollar Bought Dad's Freedom

Title: A Sacred Relic! Dollar Bought Dad's Freedom
Is part of: Journal News
Publisher: Journal Pub. Co.
Place: Hamilton County, OH
Date: 26 Jun 1931
Language: English
Temporal coverage: 1931
Description: "A Dollar Bill issued in 1811 which he used to buy his father out of slavery was being displayed in the office of Harry Emerick, clerk of the municipal court, Friday morning by George Towsey, 80, colored, of 1269 Lane street. Towsey was born in slavery on a southern plantation. He came in posession of the same dollar bill which he used in buying his father out of slavery and the currency is his most cherished possession."; Accessed online at Newspapers.com
Related resource: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19614294/george_towsey_dollar_bill_story/?xid=637

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Tousey, George C.	Person