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

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Record #629 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 42
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 5/7/1832
Name Rebecca Mitchell
Height 5' 4"
Complexion black complexion
Other Descriptors x
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty; born free; daughter of (nothing filled in); manumitted by Negro Mitchell on 8/5/1798. Age abt 40 yrs, granted on information of James Rawleigh.

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