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

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Record #357 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range G 1799 - 1801
Page Number 248
Document Dates 12 Jan 1801 - 13 Jan 1801
Abstract Maryland Troth of Caroline Co., labourer, like good Old Jacob, father of the children of Israel, having served 3 yrs. For a wife and have her in peaceable possession and for the cons. of 5 shillings - do set free from slavery my dearly beloved wife, Esther.

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