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

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Record #1527 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 102
Date Manumission Certificate Issued no date
Name Negro Esther (now called Esther Coleman)
Height 5' 2"
Complexion chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors knot on right wrist
Freedom Information and Age Purchased from James W. Henry on 12/2/1818, to be free on 12/25/1856. (See Liber WJ No. 3 folio 138 & 139- chattel record). Identified by John Steele. Age abt 33 yrs.

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