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

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Record #1370 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 91
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 10/9/1853
Name Negro Elisha Holliday
Height 5' 8 5/8:
Complexion very dark complexion
Other Descriptors without any visible marks or scars, except right eye, sight of which has been greatly impaired by being struck with stick while grubbing
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 60 yrs. Born & raised in DO Cty & is same Negro manumitted by Elizabeth Sullivane on 1/1/1850. Identified by John H. Willoughby.

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