A record dated 23 May 1812 notes Anna Christina’s manumission under the will of Juan Hendrik Pletsz and his wife Johanna Swart. Testamentary freedom could create a route out of enslavement, but it depended on the terms chosen by owners and on colonial officials recording and implementing those wishes.
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What mechanism is named in Anna Christina’s 1812 record?
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The entry says her freedom followed a will by Juan Hendrik Pletsz and Johanna Swart.