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

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Record #450 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 30
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 7/4/1828
Name Negro John Washington
Height 5' 4 5/8"
Complexion chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors scar on right arm & one over left eye
Freedom Information and Age Manumitted by Caswell Keene on 1/25/1805; to be free at age of 25 yrs, he being 3 years old at time of manumission. Abt 25 yrs of age.

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