Know all Men by this Instrument of Writing that I Levi Oliver of Sussex County on Delaw, do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my Negro Girl named Esther aged eleven years and three Months, so that henceforth she shall be deemed adjudged & taken as and for a free Persons; and when she arives to eighteen years of Age then to be at her own Disposal ^to all Intents & Purposes & at Liberty to act for herself ^as a free Woman without the Lett Hindrance, or Molestation of Me or any other Person or Persons claiming under Me. And I do hereby oblige myself & my Heirs to do our best Endeavors to teach or cause to be taught her the aforesaid Negro ^ Esther to read the Bible. And further I do hereby bind myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators in the penal Sum of one hundred Pounds lawfull Money of this Government to do and perform any other Act or Deed she may reasonably require or need to further confirm her just Liberty granted as afsd. Witness my Hand and Seal this fourth Day of Sixth Month in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & seventy six. Levi Oliver {seal}

Witness present unto the Sealing & Delivery Hereof John Cowgill Warner Mifflin William Wilson

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent County, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumissions 1774-1792, Image 12, Page 17.

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Transcribed 8 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky