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

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Record #623 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 42
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 5/5/1832
Name Betty -
Height 5' 2 3/4"
Complexion dark complexion
Other Descriptors scar on left arm
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by Bartholomew Ennalls; manumitted by him on 5/22/1797; to be free by said manumission when he arrives at age of 21 yrs. Now 38 yrs old, granted on certificate of Nancy Ennalls.

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