I John Dickinson of Kent County on Delaware, Farmer, being fully convinced of the great Inconsistency of detaining our fellow Creatures in Bondage & as Followers of Christ, it being derogatory to his Command enjoyned them “to do unto others as We would be done unto”; under a Consideration thereof and from and apprehension of it’s being my indispensable Duty, do hereby manumit and set absolutely free the following Negroes, towitt, Old Negro Man named Robin supposed to be upwards of sixty years of Age, my negro Woman Nan born in the 11th Mo. 1731; my negro Man George born in the 10th Mo 1745; Dick Man born in the 2d Mo. 1750; negro Woman Sidney born in the 7th Mo. 1751; negro Girl Cassey born in the 1 Mo. 1760, Boy Fill, born in the 3d Mo. 1764; Girl Nanny born in the 10th Mo. 1770 and Girl Sinah born in the 6th Mo. 1773; so that henceforth they shall be deemed adjudged and taken as & for free People, that is to say  Robin, Nan, George Dick & Sidney from this Day: Cassey Jane & Sinah when they arrive to eighteen years of Age; and Fill, when he arives to twenty one years of Age, to be at their own Disposal and at Liberty to act for themselves as free Men & Women, without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me my Heirs Exrs. Admrs. or any other Person or Persons, forever. And I do hereby also promise and agree to do my best Endeavours to teach or cause to be taught the young ones to read the Bible: also I do further hereby bind myself my Heirs, Exrs & Admrs unto each the aforesaid Negroes, to do & execute any further or other Act or Deed that may be by them or either of them reasonably requir’d or needed to further confirm & establish unto them their just Liberty afsd under the Penalty of one hundred Pounds lawfull Money of this Government. In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my Hand & affix my Seal this twenty second Day of the 7th Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five. 1775. John Dickinson Junr. {seal}

Sealed & delivered in presence of Warner Mifflin Eliza Mifflin Mary Dickinson

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935; Delaware, Kent County, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumission 1774-1792, Image 10, Page 13.

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Transcribed 4 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky