Nelson Talbot Gant was freed from slavery by the last will and testament of his owner, John Nixon, in 1854 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Although Gant was a free man, his wife Maria was still very much a slave to Jane Russell of Leesburg. Once Gant was granted his freedom according to Virginia law, he […]
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