George is recorded as emancipated under the surname Sloot. The database lists him as a farmer, identifies Anna Michij as his mother, and names David Capriles Jr. as the former enslaver. This entry places a working adult and a maternal link in a register that otherwise often centers the claims of owners. The database dates this emancipation to 1 July 1863.
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What distinction does the index make between private and government-owned records?
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The fields distinguish ownership contexts, not different levels of freedom.
The entries can preserve maternal names useful for family-history research.
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Maternal information appears in many entries, though it does not give a complete family history.