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

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Record #709 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 47
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 7/23/1832
Name Negro Pleasant
Height 5' 2"
Complexion blackish complexion
Other Descriptors scar on end of right thumb
Freedom Information and Age Raised by Henry Hooper; manumitted by him on 2/13/1804; to be free at age 26 yrs. Age now abt 28 yrs. Granted on information of John Travers.

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