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The most significant letter in the collection, dated 6 May 1855, was written by Hal Frazier, a free man of color in Claiborne Parish (Louisiana), who was formerly enslaved by Benjamin Frazier; the letter was addressed to a "Mr. Brookes" who was to pass the letter on to Marshall Frazier. Hal Frazier indicated that he had been accused by Marshall Frazier of "having the money which it is alledged disappeared at the death of my old master Col Benjamin Frazier." Frazier denied the charge and indicated that although he was "born a slave ... by industry & economy saved money enough to pay for myself & wife," and "some two or three years ago the Legislature of Louisiana passed an act in my favour by which, I was made a free man." Upon the death of Benjamin Frazier, it was "known and provable" that Hal Frazier had eight hundred dollars, as he "owned one half of a [saw]mill which has done in the course of ten or twelve years a considerable business." Hal Frazier further specified that he was "prepared to meet the charge," as "my character is worth too much to forfeit it by paying Col Frazier one dime." He concluded his letter by indicating that he hoped the tone of the letter was respectful…
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