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

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Record #642 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 43
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 5/14/1832
Name Silvah Macer
Height 5' 2 1/4"
Complexion chestnut color
Other Descriptors scar on left wrist
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by Mary Macer; manumitted on 8/4/1818 by Levi Moore? And Sinah his wife. Nancy Jackson & Edward Newman? Age abt 17 yrs, granted on information of William Wingate.

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