I Daniel Mifflin of Kent County on Delaware Merchant do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my negro Boy named Abram born the 16th Day of 1st Month 1763 so that henceforth he shall be deemed & adjudged and taken as and for a free Person as fully as though he was free born, & to remain with Me as an Apprentice till he shall arive to lawfull age viz twenty one years, then to be at his own Disposal & at Liberty to act for himself as a free Man without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any Person or Persons claiming by from or under me forever. In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my Hand and affix my Seal this fourth Day of the seventh Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy seven. 1777. Daniel Mifflin {seal}

Witness present to the acknowledgement hereof Warner Mifflin Joseph Jenkins

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

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

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Transcribed 14 Apr 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky