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

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Record #1170 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 78
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 1/13/1848
Name Eliza (now calling herself Eliza Brown)
Height 5' 7"
Complexion black color
Other Descriptors scar on top part of right arm between elbow & wrist
Freedom Information and Age Born & raised in DO Cty; manumitted by Elizabeth Jones on 2/4/1817; to be free when age 27 yrs. Now abt 44 yrs, identified by John W. Woolford.

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