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

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Record #823 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 55
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 8/26/1836
Name Negro Solomon
Height 5' 5"
Complexion dark chestnut color
Other Descriptors large piece of flesh risen up between his under foreteeth
Freedom Information and Age Manumitted by Thomas Hicks on 9/4/1804; to be free in 20 yrs; raised in DO Cty by Levin LeCompte. Age abt 40 yrs.

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