To all whom this may come Know ye that I Isaac Lowber of Kent County on Delaware Farmer, out of a conscientious Discharge of my Duty and doing Justice to them, do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my following named Negroes towitt Charles my negro Man aged about thirty nine years, & Mingo my negro man aged about thirty five years, and Prince, my negro Man aged about thirty three years, & my negro Girl Bett aged fourteen years the sixteenth Day of the eleventh Month last 1774. So that henceforth they shall be deemed adjudged and taken as & for free Men & Women, that is to say, my negro Man Charles Mingo & Prince this Day, and negro girl Bett when she arrives to the age of eighteen years; to be free & at their own Disposal to act to all Intents & Purposes as other free Men & Women for themselves without the Lett Hindrance, or Molestation of me my Heirs Exers Admrs, or any other Person or Persons whatsoever; and I do hereby bind myself my Heirs Exers and Admrs in the penal Sum of one hundred Pounds lawfull Money of this Government and each of the above named Negroes towitt Charles Mingo Prince & Bett, that I or my heirs Exers, Admrs, or som of us will and shall do & execute any other or further Act or Deed that they or either of them may reasonably require or need for further confirming and Ratifying, unto them their just Right and Priviledge; which is hereby intended o be granted unto them as firmly and as amply as any Person enjoys the same that is the absolute Disposal of their Persons: believing it to be the natural & inheritant Right of all Mankind. In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hands affix my Seal this eighteenth of the 3d Month of the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five. 1775. Isaac Lowber {seal}

Witnesses present Rachel Bowers her mark John Bowers  Maryann Bowers

N.B. the above negro Man Charles is the Negro referred to in Margin of 24th Manumission Page 16, of this Book.

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