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

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Record #769 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Worcester
Liber: Folio K:187
Date (written/recorded) 7/2/1779
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Jacob, a free Negro, has of his own free and voluntary will place and bound himself as a servant of Benjamin Purnell Junior. That Jacob will serve from this date for a term of seven years.

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