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

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Record #1438 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 96
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 4/9/1856
Name Negro woman Dido (now called Dido Cornish)
Height 5' 5 1/4"
Complexion light chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors without any notable marks or scars
Freedom Information and Age Same woman manumitted by Levin Keene 4/6/1831 to be free 1/1/1855, as recorded in Liber ER No. 1 Folio 389, chattel record book for DO Cty. The said Dido ws raised in DO Bty. Age abt 38 yrs. Identified by Dr. William B. LeCompte.

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