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

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Record #960 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 64
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 3/28/1842
Name Negro John
Height 5' 3 3/4"
Complexion chestnut color
Other Descriptors x
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by James Hooper; manumitted by him on 4/24/1820; to be free at end of year 1840. Age abt 44 yrs, granted on information of Thomas H. Hicks.

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