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

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Record #46 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings, 1848-1851

Familysearch PDF Page Number 63
Original Liber Page Number 92
Date 11 Sep 1849
Type of Proceeding Indenture - apprenticeship
Name and Freedom Status James Blake [free]
Abstract James Blake, Negro boy 15 yo on 15 September last, being represented to Court that he is not at service or learning trade or employed in service of his parents & is without sufficient means for maintenance. He is bound out as apprentice to Major Handcock until he is 21 yo to learn trade of farming. When free he to receive 2 suits of wearing apparel worth $18.

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