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

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Record #1752 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 118
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 3/8/1862
Name Negro George Saunder
Height 5' 11 1/4"
Complexion dark chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors without visible marks, large scar on left arm between wrist & elbow, small scar near wrist on right arm produced by burns
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 30 yrs. Manumitted by Mary A. Drain, by deed of manumission bearing date 6/16/1846. To be free on 1/1/1862. identified by William Creighton.

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