I Levi Oliver of Sussex County in Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my Negro Woman Johannah aged about fifty one years (whom I have had in my Possession about four years) so that from henceforth she shall be deemed adjudged and taken for & as a free Woman, and at Liberty to act for herself without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any other Person or Persons Whatsoever. In Witness whereunto I have set my hand and affixed my Seal this thirtieth Day of the first Month in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five 1775. Levi Oliver {seal}

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumission 1774-1782, Image 5, Page 4.

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Transcribed 1 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky