I Thomas Bonman of Kent County on Delaware Farmer do hereby manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes: Lorill Rhana an ancient negro Woman; Anthony a man upwards of forty years of Age, my negro man James aged about twenty eight years & my negro man Moses aged about twenty five years; so that they shall be deemed adjudged & taken as & for free People to all Intents and Purposes without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of me my Heirs, or any other Person or Persons Whatsoever; but that they are & shall be at their own Disposal. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal this fourteenth Day of second Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five. 1775. Thomas Bonman {seal}

Witness present Warner Mifflin Elizabth Mifflin. Daniel Mifflin

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumissions 1774-1792. Image 5, Page 4.

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Transcribed 1 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky