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Manumission Perrcy Cork and William Dixon from Ebenezer Turner 1803
Know all men by these presents that I Ebenezer Turner of Kent County & State of Delaware for divers Good Causes me thereunto moaving have & by these presents do manumate and set free at the Expiration of fourteen years from this date my two Negro boys Viz Perrcy Cork & William Dixon to have…
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Manumission Prince by John Graham 1804
Know all men by these presents that I John Graham of the County of Kent and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving do hearby enfranchise and set free my negro boy named prinse he being aged twelve years and he the said negro to bee free and at his own…
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Manumission Perray from John Graham 1804
Know all men by these presents that I John Graham of the county of Kent and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving do hearby enfranchise and set free my negro boy named Perray he being nine years of age and he the said negro to be free and at…
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Manumission Ebenezer from Abraham Ridgely 1803
To all persons to whom these presents shall come Greeting: Know ye that for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moving, I do hereby declare free, manumit & enfranchise a negro boy named Ebenezer, purchased by me from the heirs of Joseph Miller eqr. decd. from & after the first day of august in…
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Manumission Charles from John Graham 1804
Know all men by these presents that I John Graham of the County of Kent and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving do hearby enfranchise and set free my negro boy Charles he being three years of age and he the said negro to be free and at his…
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Manumission Alexander by John Graham 1804
Know all men by these presents that I John Graham of the county of Kent and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considrations me thereunto moving do hearby enfranchise and set free my negro boy named Alxander he being six years of age and he the said negro to be free and at…
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Manumission Negro Alce from Sarah Woodmansee 1804
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Woodmansee of mispillion hundred and county of Kent and State of Delaware being the sole owner and having the entire and exclusive right and property of a woman named Alce aged About thirty years_ do for certain good reasons me thereunto moving manumit liberate and fully…
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Manumission Ned from William Hughlett 1800
Know all men by these presents that I William Hughlett of Kent County and State of Delaware, for Divers goods Causes and Due Consideration do hereby manumitt Emancipate and Liberate and set free, a Certain Slave negro named Ned aged about twenty three years the proper Slave of the said William Hughlett – provided neverthless…
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Manumission Moses from William Killen 1801
Know all men by these Presents, that I William Killen of the County of Kent in the State of Delaware Esquire for Diverse good causes and Considerations me hereunto moveing have Manum[i]ted, liberated, and absolutely set Free, and by these Presents do manumit libertate and absolutely set [fr]ee my certain Negroe male Slave named Moses…
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Manumission Minty, Jack and Charles from James Newnam 1792
Know all men by these presents that I James Newnam of Kent County on Delaware do hereby Emanumate and set absolutely free my Negroes Viz. My negro Girl named (Minty) fourteen years old (together with her child that she is now Pregnant with) when they shall arrive to the age of twenty five years. Item…
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