Tag: Quakers
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Manumission Cooper, Ann, Jack, Jude, Joan and Phebe from Thomas Hanson 1778
I Thomas Hanson of Kent County on Delaware do hereby ^set free from Bondage my hereafter named Negroes Viz my negro Man named Cooper about forty ___ years of Age, who has been at his Liberty & away from Me about ___ years; also my negro Woman Ann about forty ___ years of aged &…
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Manumission Celia, Hannah, Israel, Daniel, Charles, Barbara, Aaron, Martha & Rebecca from Thomas Hanson 1778
I Thomas Hanson of Kent County of Delaware do hereby set free from Bondage my hereafter named Negroes Viz: my negro girl named Celia, born 1st Day of 9th Month 1760; also my negro girl named Hannah born 22nd of 2d Month 1762; also my negro Boy named Israel born 5th of 10th Month 1764;…
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Manumission Simon, Flora, Jacob, Abram, Rachel and Eben from Henry and John Farson 1778
Know all Men by this present Instrument of Writing that We Henry & John Farson of Duck Creek Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit and se absolutely free the following named Negroes towitt negro Man called Simon aged about fifty years, who has been at Liberty about two years; also Woman named…
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Manumission Negro Girl Lucy from Hannah Turner 1778
Whereas my Father Isaac Turner of Queen Anns County in the Province of Maryland died intestate & left a number of Negroes in Slavery to which I was intituled by an Act of Assembly of said Province to a Dividend with the other children. And Whereas my Step-father Samuel Rowland of Sussex County hath this…
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Manumission Negro Robert from Isaac Turner 1778
I Isaac Turner of Sussex County on Delawa. Joiner do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my negro Man called Robert aged about twenty-one years, so that henceforth he shall be deemed adjudged & taken as and for a free Man to all Intents & Purposes, and at Liberty to act for himself, without the…
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Manumission Sundry Negroes from Samuel and Hannah Rowland 1778
Whereas Isaac Turner of Queen Anns County ^Maryland died intestate leaving a Widow & several Children, and he in his Life Time having a Number of Negroes held as Slaves; and Whereas his Widow and Administx hath since intermarried with Samuel Rowland of Sussex County on Delaware, and by the Laws of the Province of…
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Manumission Girl Frances from Samuel Rowland 1778
I Samuel Rowland of Sussex County on Delaware Yeoman do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my Negro Girl called Frances aged about sixteen years, so that she shall henceforth be deemed adjudged and taken for & as a free Woman to all Intents & Purposes and at Liberty to act for herself without the…
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Manumission Isaac, Hampshire and Patience from Mary Nock 1777
I Mary Nock of Duck Creek Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes as hereafter particularly named towitt: Isaac young Man aged ____ and Hampshire a Boy born in ye 9th Mo. 1765, and Patience a girl aged ___ so that henceforth they shall be deemed…
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