Know all Me by this Instrument of Writing that We Nimrod Maxwell & Elizabeth Maxwell of Motherkiln Hundred and County of Kent on Delaware, do hereby manumit & set absolutely free the following named Negroes, towitt, Negro Man named Pompey aged about forty five years, & his Wife named Hannah aged about thirty-three years; so that henceforth they the above named Pompey & Wife shall be deemed adjudged and taken as & for free People, and at Liberty to act for themselves without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of us, or any Person or Persons claiming or to claim by from or under us forever –  And further we do hereby bind ourselves our Heirs Executors Admires & every of them in the penal Sum of five hundred Pounds lawfull Money of the lower Counties on Delaware, unto each the aforesaid Negroes, to be recovered from such of us as may attempt to deprive them, or either of them, of their just Liberty granted as afsd. As also in the like Sum to compel such of us as may attempt to do & perform any other or further act or Deed that they or either of them may Reasonably require, or need, in Order to further confirm their Liberty as afsd. granted. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands & affixed our Seals this Nineteenth Day of the first Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred & seventy nine. 1779. – Nimrod Maxwell {seal}. Elizabeth Maxwell {seal}

Witness present to the Sealing & Delivery hereof Warner Mifflin. Deborah Wilson her mark.

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumission 1774-1792, Image 30

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Transcribed 28 Aug 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky