Tag: African American History
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Manumissions Sarah and others from P Lofland 1815
Manumissions Negro Sarah and others from P Lofland Know all men by these presents that I Purnel Lofland of Kent County and State of Delaware for divers Good Causes and considerations me hereunto moving do hereby manumate Enfranchise and absolutely set free the following Black people Negroes, at the time hereafter mentioned, first Sarah to…
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Manumission Wm Harriss Wife and Children from Saml Broadaway 1802
Manumission Wm Harris & wife & Children Negro from Saml. Broadaway Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Broadaway of Murderkill hundred in Kent County and State of Delaware do think it wrong and oppressive to hold Negros in abject slavery and Contrary to Natural and Revealed Revelation do hereby Manumate and set…
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Manumission William Tim from Ebenezer Blackiston 1806
Manumission William Tim from Ebenezer Blackiston Know all men by these presents that I Ebenezer Blackiston of Duck Creek hundred Kent County & State of Delaware, Have and by these presents do hereby manumit, and set free my slave mulatto boy called William Tim, retaining nevertheless to my self my heirs, Executors Administrators of Assigns…
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Manumission William Hopkins from Vincent Anderson 1809
Manumission William Hopkins from Vincent Anderson Know all men by these presents that I Vincent Anderson of Kent County State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving. Do hereby manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free a certain mulattoe man named William Hopkins who was the property of my wife late Leah…
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Manumission Thomas Traverse from George Dehorty 1807
Manumission Thomas Travers Negro from George Dehorty I George Dehorty of Mispillion hundred, Kent County and State of Delaware, Do by these presents liberate manumit set free and discharge from Slavery my negro man Thomas Traverse now aged about twenty seven years, And do hereby promise and agree for my self my heirs Executors and…
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Manumission Susanah Shippy from William Denny 1804
Manumission Susanah Shippy Negro from William Denny Know all men by these presents that I William Denny of Duck Creek hundred Kent County and State of Delaware, do hereby manumit and set free Susanah Shippy negro, taken as a free person and at full liberty from the date hereof, I do hereby warrant and defend…
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Manumission Thomas Banning and Others From William McClyment 1813
Manumission Sundry Negroes From William McClyment Know all men by these presents that I William McClymont of the County of Kent and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving, do hereby Manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free the following nigrises hereinafter mentioned, to wit Charles Hollis to be free and…
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Manumission David, Perry, Lewis and Others from Nathan Keech 1815
Manumission Nathan Keech To Sundry Negroes Know all men by these presents that I Nathan Keech of Little Creek Hundred County of Kent and State of Delaware haveing in possession seven Negroes, vis four Boys and three Woman as Slaves for life and being fully satisfied and convinced of the impropriety of holding them as…
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Manumission Mary, George and Abraham from Ann Berwick Admx. of Curtis Berwick Jr 1813
Manumission sundry Negroes from Ann Berwick Admx of Curtis Berwick Jr Kent County State of Delaware. Know all men by these presents that I Ann Berwick of the State and County aforsd. Admx. of Curtis Beswick to the Estate of Curtis Berwick Decd. three Negroes came into my hands as Admx. Of said C Berwick…
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Manumission Amy, Suck and Susan from John Cummins 1810
Manumission sundry Negroes FROM John Cummins Know all men by these presents that I John Cummins of smyrna in Kent County and state of Delaware Merchant for divers good causes and considerations me thereto moving have manumated enfranchised and set free, and by these presents do manumate enfranchise and set free, the following slave when…
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