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

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Record #21 from Northampton County, Virginia Register of Free Blacks 1853-1861

Year Documented Sept 1, 1853
Number 21
Birth Date Nov 7th 1812
Name Abel Francis
Complexion Mulatto
Height - Feet 5
Height - Inches 7 3/10
Appearance Straight black hair, gray eyes-small scar on right cheek about an inch below the eye-small scars on the fore and middle finger of right hand.
Birth Note Born free in the County of Northampton, State of Virginia; copy dd
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