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

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Record #987 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 66
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 12/6/1843
Name Negro Silas
Height 5' 3 3/4"
Complexion very bright mulatto
Other Descriptors lost several of his upper teeth
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by Doctor Francis Phillips; manumitted on 12/5/1843 by Ann Page, Charlotte A. Page, and Elizabeth O. Page. Age abt 28 yrs.

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