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

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Record #21 from Talbot County, Maryland Indentured Children 1796-1913

County Talbot
Type of Record Orphans Court Indentures part II 1804-1818
Page 237
Date 21 March 1811
Abstract Justices of the Peace bind Maria Chaplin, negro, aged 10 yo on 31 Dec. last (the mother dead) unto John Mullikin until she is 16 yo; to be taught to knit & spin & the details of housewifery.

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