Know all Men by these presents that I Thomas Jenkins of Kent County on Delaware, Taylor, have manumitted and discharged & by these presents do manumit, discharge and forever quit claim to a negro Man called William (alias William Bungee) having, (thro’ the corrupt Practice of Slavery, which however warranted by the partial and unjust Laws of Men, I deem repugnant to my religious Duty ^as a Christian) fallen to Me by Inheritance: so that he the said William Bungee henceforth & from the Date hereof is & shall be deemed adjudged & taken ^ for and as a Freeman, & at Liberty to act for himself in all Respects & to all Intents & Purposes Whatsoever, without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me my Heirs Executors Admrs or Assigns or any other Person or Persons claiming or to make Claim, or Pretence of Right derived from Me forever… And further do bind Myself my Heirs Executors & administrators in the penal Sum of five thousand Pounds good & lawful Money of this Government to him the said William Bungee his Heirs Exrs or administrators that I my Heirs Exrs or Admrs will at the reasonable Request of him the above said William Bungee, his Heirs &c to do and perform any other act or Deed, which to him or any of them may be needful & reasonably demanded, for the further Confirmation of the free & absolute Disposal of his or their Persons, which is hereby intended to be fully granted him and his Posterity without Fallacy or Reserve: also impower him sd Wm Bungee or his Heirs to recover by Suit at Law from Me my Heirs Exrs or Admrs the like Sum abovesaid on any attempt of us or either of us to deprive him ^ them or either of them of their natural & unalienable Right of Liberty as Aforesaid _ In Confirmation whereof I have to these events set my Hand & affix’d my Seal this 22d Day of the 10th Month Anno Domini 1779. Thomas Jenkins {seal}

Testes Warner Mifflin Joseph Jenkins Baptis Lay Walker Mifflin

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumissions 1774-1792, Image 33

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Transcribed 22 Sep 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky