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

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Record #407 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range H 1801 - 1804
Page Number 158
Document Dates 22 May 1802
Abstract Stephen Bailey manumits negro Mealle, age 16 and Sall, age 7, after Mealle serves out the sum of £45 at £5 per year and for every child born, she has to serve one year longer to help raise it and every day she is out of service without leave she is to pay 2 days for one; without penalty, to be discharged 1 Jan 1811 - also Sarah, complying with the terms of her mother, to be freed on 1 Jan 1827.

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