Know all Men by this presents Instrument of Writing that We William & Mary Corbit of George’s Hundred in New Castle County on Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free our Negro Man named Mark aged about thirty-five years so that from henceforth he shall be deemed adjudged & taken as and for a free Man, and Liberty to act for himself without the Lett, Hindrance or Molestation of us or either of us, or any Person or Persons claiming by from or under us forever –

And further we do hereby bind ourselves our Heirs Executors and Admirs & every of them jointly & severally unto the above named Negro, Mark in the penal Sum of two hundred Pounds lawful Money of this Government, to be recovered from such of us as may in any Respect attempt to deprive him of his Liberty granted as afsd; as likewise in the like Sum to compel such of us as may so attempt to do or perform any other or further Act or Deed that he may reasonably require or need, in Order to further confirm his just Liberty granted a aforesaid – Witness our Hands & Seals this Seventeenth Day of the second Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and seventy-nine. 1779. William Corbit {seal}. Mary Corbit {seal}

Witness present John Cowgill. Ezek. Cowgill. Warner Mifflin

Examined Warner Mifflin

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

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Transcribed 29 Aug 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky