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

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Record #901 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 60
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 6/19/1840
Name Charles Sixpence
Height 6' 8"
Complexion very bright, nearly white
Other Descriptors straight hair
Freedom Information and Age Born free; raised in Do Cty; son of Mahala Sixpence who was also born free. Age abt 21 yrs, granted on information of Thomas H. Hicks.

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