Category: Manumissions
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Will Robert Frame 1801
In the Name of God Amen, I Robert Frame, of the County of Sussex in the State of Delaware, being in the full possession of my faculties, but fearing the Sickness that I am Seized with may put and end to my life, do ordain this my last Will and Testament Bequeath to God, a…
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Manumission Negro Leah, from Curtis Jacobs 1813
Know all men by these Presents that I Curtis Jacobs have Bargained and Sold unto Leah Anderson one Negro Girl by the name of Leah aged Eight years of age, in the year Eighteen hundred and thirteen January the first & from that date I the afsd Jacobs doth warrant and defend the said Negro…
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Manumission Jane Smith to Negroes Casar and Ann 1776
Know all Men by these presents that I Janes Smith, Widow of Duckcreek Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes hereafter particularly named Viz my negro man Casar aged twenty one years & about eight months; also my negro Woman named Ann aged about thirty six…
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Manumission Jonathan Emerson to Sundry Negroes 1776
Know all Men by this present Instrument of Writing that I Jonathan Emerson of murtherkiln Hundred of Kent County on Delaware Yeoman do hereby manumitt & set absolutely free all my Negroes as hereafter particularly named viz Negro Man called Mingo aged, as judged, near fifty years, Andrew a negro Man aged about thirty years,…
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Manumission Vincent Emerson to Sundry Negroes 1776
Know all Men by these presents that I Vincent Emerson of murtherkill Hundred in Kent County on Delaware Farmer, do hereby manumitt and set absolutely free all my Negroes as particularly hereafter named towitt, negro Man called George, aged (supposed) about fifty years; Alice a negro Woman aged upwards of forty Years, Judah Woman aged…
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Manumission Levi Oliver to Negro Esther 1776
Know all Men by this Instrument of Writing that I Levi Oliver of Sussex County on Delaw, do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my Negro Girl named Esther aged eleven years and three Months, so that henceforth she shall be deemed adjudged & taken as and for a free Persons; and when she arives…
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Manumission Lydia Sipple to Sundry Negroes 1776
I Lydia Sipple of murtherkiln Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby from an apprehension of its being there equitable Right, manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes towitt, Anthony aged nineteen years the tenth Day of last Month; negro Woman named Barbara aged about seventeen years & three Months, & her child…
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Manumission Rachel Bowers to Negroes Charles & Fill 1776
Whereas my beloved Husband John Bowers did in his last Will & Testament devise unto Me the following Negroes towitt, Charles a negro Man aged about forty years to be for my use during my natural Life, also his Wife called Fill aged about forty years also to my own use and Behoof forever, Now…
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Manumission Israel Allston to Negroes John & Lydia Beckett 1776
I Israel Allston of Kent County on Delaware having under Me two young Negroes Witt a Negro Boy named John that I bought till he should arive to twenty five years of Age, from Thomas Nock Junr (& then by his Father’s Will, he was to be free) also a negro girl named Lydia Beckett,…
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Manumission Mary Megear to Negro Violet 1775
I Mary Megear of Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my Negro Girl named Violet aged about thirteen years and eight months, so that from henceforth she shall be deemed adjudged and taken as and for a free Person to all Intents and Purposes, and when she arrives to Lawfull…
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