Manumission Stephen Sparks from Benoni and Charity Harris 1790

Kent County, Delaware November 18th 1790.

This may certify all home it may concearn that we the Subscribers, do hereby Manumit, Discharge and Emanupate Stephen Sparks Negro, at or after the expiration of the full Term of Ten Years, and one Month from the date hereof, from Slavery, to be free from the Service of ourselvs, and our heirs for ever, in Witness Whereof we have hereunto sett our hands and affixed our Seals the Day & Year above written. Benoni Harris {seal] Charity Harris her mark {seal}

Witness present James Henry. Martila Wells her mark

a true Copy Test Francis Many Recordr.

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 786, Image 227, Book B, Vol 2, Page 191. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221873-00226?pId=2435414

Transcribed 26 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky