Tag: African American History
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Manumission Benjamin from Benjamin Hazel 1806
Manumission Negro Benjamin from Benjamin Hazel. Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Hazel of Kent County and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations do hereby Manumit and set free from Slavery my Negro Boy Benjamin (which I purchased from James Sorden) Reserving to my self my heirs Executors Administrators…
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Manumission Benjamin and others from James Raymond 1806
Manumission Negro Benjamin & others from Jas. Raymond To all People before whom these presents come Greeting: Know ye that I James Raymond of Duck Creek hundred Kent County in the State of Delaware. having weighed in the scale of Justice the conditions of slavery am sensibly convinced that it is unwarrantable a well by…
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Manumission Belender from Thomas Brown 1810
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Brown of St. Jones’s hundred Kent County and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations, do by these presents manumit, liberated and set free a certain Negro Girl, named Belender, aged about thirteen years and I do hereby further agree that the said negro…
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Manumission Barbary and others from Samuel Warren Sr 1810
Manumission Negro Barbary & others from Samuel Warren Senr. Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Warren the Elder of Murderkill hundred Kent County in the state of Delaware for divers good causes & considerations me hereunto moving hath manumitted liberated emancipated and set free, and by these presents doth manumitt liberate emancipate…
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Manumission Anthony from Henry M. Ridgely 1810
Manumission Negro Anthony from Henry M. Ridgely Know all men by these presents that I H. M. Ridgely, of the Town of Dover, Kent County, and State of Delaware, have manumitted enfranchised and set free from slavery and do, by these presents manumit enfranchise and set free from slavery on the first day of April…
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Manumission Anthony Barber from Dolly and Abraham Barber 1809
Manumission Negro Anthony Barber from Dolly & Abraham Barber Know all men by these presents, that we Dolly Barber and Abraham Barber of Jones’s Hundred Kent County and State of Delaware, for divers good causes and considerations as thereunto moving, Have Emancipated Liberated and by these presents, Do Emancipate Liberate and set free a certain…
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Manumission Anna From James Jones 1807
Manumission Negro Anna From James Jones To all whom it may concern This is to certify that I James Jones of Duck Creek hundred in Kent County and State of Delaware do hereby Manumit, release and set free my negro woman Anna aged twenty nine or thirty years old and from henceforth the said Negro…
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Manumission Alexander Jones from John Seamans 1806
Manumission Negro Alexander Jones from John Simmons Know all Men by these presents that I John Seamans of Murtherkill hundred Kent County and State of Delaware, for divers good causes and considerations do by these presents Manumit liberate and do free a certain Negro man named Alexandrew Jones, formerly the property of Joseph Lewis, aged…
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Manumission Affa & others from Matthew Traverse 1807
Manumission Negro Affa & others from Matthew Traverse Kent County State of Delaware Ss To all persons to whom these shall come Know ye that Matthew Travers of the County and state afsd. For Diverse good causes and considerations me thereunto moveing do Emancipate and set free from and after this day the followings Negroes…
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Manumission Abraham From Samuel Neall 1812
Manumission negro Abraham From Samuel Neall Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Neall of the Village of Milford in the County of Kent & State of Delaware, do hereby manumit & set free my negro man Abraham formerly the property of John Purnell decd. of the County aforesaid, to be free and…
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