| Page | 64 |
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| Name of Enslaver | Peter S. Bowdoin |
| Document type | Deed of Emancipation |
| Abstract Information about the Enslaved Person/People | I, Peter S.Bowdoin, have manumitted & set free negro woman I have named Sylvia otherwise called Sylvia Teackle (who was purchased by Martin Holt out of the Estates of Peter Bowdoin dec'd & taken by me off of his hands at price he gave for her. I declare her to be entirely liberated. She is of dark chestnut or brown complexion, abt 5' 3 1/2" & abt 40 years of age. Signed by Peter S. Bowdoin 19 Nov 1831. |
| Date | 29 Nov 1831 |
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