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

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Record #1306 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 87
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 5/31/1851
Name Negro Sarah Standly
Height 5' 5 3/4"
Complexion light chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors x
Freedom Information and Age Both of her parents were "contracted". She was born free, raised in DO Cty; daughter of Sarh Hughes who was manumitted byLevi Robinson. (2nd certificate of freedom granted to Sarah Standly, the first destroyed by fire.)

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