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 / Modified aug 26, 2010 10 a.m.

History Detectives

A love story unravels when Elyse Luray explores why a governor cared enough about a slave to sign her emancipation papers. Monday, August 30 at 9 p.m. on PBS-HD. by Colleen Greer

A document dates back to the days just after the Revolutionary War records a rare moment when a regional governor signed the papers granting freedom to Agnes Mathieu. Two hundred thirty years later, her descendants want to know why this powerful man would concern himself with a slave

his_det_slave-relation617x347 History Detectives: Michael Henderson document that grants freedom to his ancestor
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Michael Henderson holds a document that grants freedom to his ancestor who was a slave.

And (in a repeat segment), did this elaborate dagger once belong to Benito Mussolini? Wes Cowan retraces the last steps of Fascist Italian dictator to find the answer.

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The dagger bears the symbols of Italian fascism, and the initial "M" hangs from the belt clip.

Monday, August 30 at 9 p.m. on PBS-HD.

History Detective

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