Whereas I Joshua Fisher of Philadelphia Merchant did some years ago sell and dispose of a certain negro Woman named Sue as a Slave, but have since (upon Consideration, that in so doing I exercised a Power which however it may be warranted by the Laws of the Land, one human Creature ought not to have over another) purchased from her last Master Levin Milby her Daughter Sabina with a View of setting her free, she the said Sue being deceased… Now therefore know all Men that I the said Joshua Fisher from an Apprehension that it is my Duty ^as a Christian to do so, have & by these presents do for myself my Heirs & Executors fully and absolutely manumit and set free the said Sabina whom I would hereafter call by the Name of Sabina Freedom hereby Fully acquitting and discharging the said Sabina Freedom of and From, all Manner of Claims and Demands of Me or any Person whatsoever claiming by from or under me. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty-fourth Day of the tenth Month 1776. Joshua Fisher {seal}

Sealed & delivered in the presence of us Thomas Robinson Samuel Rowland

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 15 Apr 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky