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Manumission Hester Sutten & Alice Hone from William Warner to 1814
Manumission from Wm Warner to Hester Sutten & Elice Hone Know all men by these presents that I William Warner of Kent County in the State of Delaware Esquire for divers Good Causes & Consideration me hereunto moving hath and by these presents doth manumit emancipate Liberate and set free and at full liberty two…
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Manumission Hannah and others from Dr James Sykes 1814
Manumission Hannah and others from Dc Jas. Sykes Know all men by these presents that I James Sykes Physician of the State of Delaware & County of Kent do manumit and do set free my negroes Girl Hannah and her two children Fanny and Ann whom I have lately sold to Joshua Shockly for a…
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Manumission Elijah Smith from Thomas Clayton 1814
Elijah Smith from Thomas Clayton Manumission Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Clayton of Dover in the State of Delaware for divers Good Causes and considerations me thereto moving have manumit free my negro man Elijah who calls himself Elijah Smith now about twenty four years of Age hereby for my self my…
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Manumission Charles Martain from Levi Walcott 1811
Manumission Charles Martain Negro from Levi Walcut. State of Delaware Kent County} Be it Remembered that I Levi Walcut of Murderkill Hundred in the County and State Aforesaid, for divers good causes me hereto moving have Manumitted Emanepated Liberated and set free a certain Negro Man the slave of me the said Levi Walcutt, by…
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Manumission Case Wright and Others from Jesse Farlow 1808
Manumission Case Wright & others from Jesse Farlow. 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 the following Negroes, from and after the time hereafter mentioned, To wit, Case Wright on the Fifteenth…
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Manumission Adam Craig from Benjamin Wallace 1813
Manumission Benjamin Wallace to Negro Adam Craig. Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Wallace of Kent County in the State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving, hath manumitted emancipated liberated and set free and by these presents doth manumit liberate emancipate and set free and at full…
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Manumission Ann T Pettigrew to Negro Man Jerry 1813
Manumission Ann T Pettigrew to Negro Man Jerry Know all men by these presents that I Ann T Pettigrew of the Village of Milford Kent County & State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving do hereby manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free my Negro Man named Jerry to be free…
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Manumission 4 Slaves, William, Jesse, Nehemiah and Samuel, of the late John McKnitt 1813
Know all men by these presents that Rebecca Knitt administratrix and and James Johnson administrator of John McKnitt Late of Mispillion hundred in the County of Kent and state of Delaware decd. for divers causes, reasons, and considerations them hereunto moving have Emancipated, liberated, set free and discharged the four slave Negroes late the property…
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Manumission of Charity from James Caldwell 1806
Manumission Negro Charity from James Caldwell Know all men by these presents that James Caldwell (free negro) of Murderkill hundred Kent County and State of Delaware, for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving, do by these presents, manumit, liberate and set free, my wife Charity, which I purchased of Richard Tilghman the fourth,…
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