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

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Record #1774 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 119
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 9/12/1862
Name Negro Selia Pinket (woman)
Height 5' 3"
Complexion light chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors almost approaching a yellow, small scar from burns on right arm between wrist & elbow, bald spot on left side of head observed by arranging hair combed over it
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 25 yrs. Born free & raised in DO Cty. Identified by Joseph Bramble.

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