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

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Record #1530 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 103
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 3/15/1858
Name Negro Caroline (now called Caroline Jenkins)
Height 5"
Complexion dark complexion
Other Descriptors very straight mane, thick set, flat nose, large features with several scars on right arm above elbow, one on left arm abt same place occasioned by burns
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 32 yrs. Manumitted by Stephen Hurst on 5/16/1832. To be free after 6/1/1850. Identified by Levin Jones.

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