Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #1500 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range Y 1848 - 1850
Page Number 223
Document Dates 13 Mar 1849
Abstract David Todd and Elizabeth his wife manumit negro man James Bruce, aged 35, on 25 Feb 1849 - also negro girl Ann Maria Rhodes, aged 8 on 7 July 1848 - negro boy John Wesley Rhodes, aged 2 on 4 Feb 1848 - negro boy Harrison Rhodes, aged 4 on 29 May 1848. James Bruce to be freed at age 40 - the said negro boys and girls each to serve until age 26.

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