To all to whom these Presents shall come, Know ye that I Ralph Course for divers good Causes me hereunto moving do hereby discharge, libereate, manumit and forever set free from Slavery Hannah Coarse my Wife) which I have this Day purchased at Constables Vendue, as a slave as the Property of David or Joseph Harper so that she may forever hereafter enjoy all the Priviledges of a free Negro or Mulato as Witness my Hand and Seal this Twenty third Day of July in the Year of our Lord 1793. Ralf Course his mark {seal}

Witnesses present Joseph Harper. James Wakeman

A tru Copy Test Francis Many Recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 787, Image 207, Book D, Vol 2, Page 177. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221874-00206?pId=2436522

Transcribed 22 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky