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Manumission Thomas Nock Jr to Negros Matthew & Glasgow 1775
I Thomas Nock Junior of Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumitt and set absolutely free my Negro Man named Matthew aged upwards of twenty one years also my Negro Boy called Glasgow aged about thirteen years and seven Months so that they shall be deemed adjudged and taken as to for Freeman; that is…
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Manumission Levi Oliver to Negro Johannah 1775
I Levi Oliver of Sussex County in Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my Negro Woman Johannah aged about fifty one years (whom I have had in my Possession about four years) so that from henceforth she shall be deemed adjudged and taken for & as a free Woman, and at Liberty to…
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Indenture Henry Fisher N to John Lewis 1834
This Indenture made this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four Witnesseth That Henry Fisher negro for and in consideration of a certain Manumission Bearing even date with Indenture from his purchaser and Master John Lewis has put and bound and by these presents…
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Manumission Negro Nancy and others from Richard Green 1806
Know all Men by these presents that I Richard Green of Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred in the County of Sussex and State of Delaware do hereby Manumit liberate and set free from my service My Negro Woman Named Nancy the wife of Catto together with their Six Children Viz Solomon, George, Maria, Hester, Judy and…
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Negro John Saulsbury & Ann his Wife Return to Delaware 1817
State of Maryland I do hereby certify that John Saulsbury and Ann his wife free Negros who heretofore Resided in the State of Delaware has resided one year immediately precding there Return to the State of Delaware in Kent County in Caroline County and State of Maryland and during all Such time has Supported a fair…
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Negro Mary Manumission from Nathaniel Smithers Elder 1815
Know all men by these presents that I Nathaniel Smithers the Elder of Kent County in the State of Delaware do manumit Emancipate liberate and Set free, and by these presents Hath manumitted liberated Emancipated and Set free a certain Negro woman named Mary the Slave of me the said Nathaniel Smithers she being now…
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Deed James Harmon Negro from Israel Peterson 1816
This Indenture made this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen Between Israel Peterson of Duck Creek hundred in the county of Kent and State of Delaware and Araminta his wife of the one part and James Harmon of Sent Jones’s hundred county and State…
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Last Will and Testament of James America 1896
The Last Will and Testament of James America residing at Dover, Delaware, but employed at New York City, New York I, James America, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do make and publish the Following as and for my Last Will and Testament, to wit: First: I do will and direct that…
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Lofland’s Record
From the Daily Gazette, Wilmington, Delaware Nov 2, 1872 I had heard about this law, where a convicted free person of color could be sold into slavery, but I had never seen the specifics in print. This is chilling. Elijah Prattis was a member of a large family of free African Americans who lived in…
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Sale of Slaves and Other Items from Henry Oldfield to Richard Cooper 1794
This Indenture made this twenty eighth Day of March one Thousand seven hundred and ninety four. Between Henry Oldfield Merchant of Murderkill Hundred Kent County and State of Delaware of the one part and Richard Cooper Esqr. Of the Hundred afsd. of the other part witnesses that the said Henry Oldfield for and in Consideration…
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