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

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Record #478 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 32
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 11/25/1828
Name Negro John Jackson
Height 5' 9 1/2"
Complexion dark color
Other Descriptors scar on his right hand
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by Kitarrah Brown; manumitted by her on 6/21/1815 to be free at the death of said Kitarrah Brown. Age abt 26 yrs granted on the information of John T. Stewart.

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