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

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Record #867 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range N 1820- 1822
Page Number 479
Document Dates 29 July 1822
Abstract MaRY Orrell manumits negro woman Esther, age 24 yrs in Feb 1823, to be free at age 35; negro girl Maud, aged 10 in Jan 1823, to be free at age 28 and negro boy John aged 3 yrs. In Feb 1822, to be free at age 30 - any issue of the women to be free, the males at 30 and the females at 25.

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