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

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Record #70 from Abstracts of Worcester Orphans Court Proceedings, 1848-1851

Familysearch PDF Page Number 90
Original Liber Page Number 142
Date 12 Feb 1850
Type of Proceeding Indenture - apprenticeship
Name and Freedom Status George Sydney Johnson [free]
Abstract George S. Johnson, Negro boy, 5 yo on 2 June last past, comes into court; he is not in service, learning a trade or employed in service of his parents & he is without means sufficient for his maintenance. He is bound as apprentice to Daivd Richardson to learn trade of common laborer until he is 21 yo. He is to receove suitable clothing & maintenance during apprenticeship & when free to receive suit of clothes worth $15 or that sum in cash.

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