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

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Record #886 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 59
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 8/17/1839
Name Negro Job
Height 5' 6 1/4"
Complexion chestnut color
Other Descriptors x
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by William Morgan; manumitted by James Chaplain on 8/16/1823 to be free on 1/1/1837. Age now abt 26 yrs.

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