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

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Record #1402 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 94
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 10/17/1854
Name Negro Gabriel Ennalls
Height 5' 6 1/2"
Complexion dark chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors scar on breast occasioned by the "king's Evil"
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 28 yrs. Born & raised in DO Cty; identical Negro boy manumitted by Polly Todd on 11/10/1828 to be free at her death. Identified by Alward Johnson. [Polly departed life some 18 yrs from date hereof -per previous records with "X" through it]

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