Tag: Slavery
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Manumission Jacob Emerson Admin of Govey Emerson to Sundry Negroes 1775
To all whom this may come Know ye that Whereas my Father Govey Emerson did in his last Will & Testament devise order and direct that the Following Negroes should be free at the Age of Twenty five the male & twenty one the female And in his said last Will & Testament named Me…
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Manumission Ezekiel Cowgill to Negro Abigail 1775
I Ezekiel Cowgill of Kent County on Delaware Farmer do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my negro Woman called Abigail aged about forty seven years, and that she shall be adjudged deemed & taken as and and for a free Woman without the Lett, Hinderance or Molestation of Me my Heirs Executors Admrs or…
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Manumission Eunice Ozbourne to Negro Richard 1775
To all whom this may come Know ye that Whereas my Grand-father Joshua Clayton of Kent County on Delaware did among other devise that his negro Boy named Richard should serve ‘till he was twenty five years of Age and then to be free: And Whereas the said Negro Richard by sundry Ways & Means…
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Manumission Thomas Bonman to Negroes Lorill Rhana, Anthony, James & Moses 1775
I Thomas Bonman of Kent County on Delaware Farmer do hereby manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes: Lorill Rhana an ancient negro Woman; Anthony a man upwards of forty years of Age, my negro man James aged about twenty eight years & my negro man Moses aged about twenty five years; so that…
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Manumission Joseph Jenkins to Negro Caleb 1775
I Joseph Jenkins of the County of Kent on Delaware do hereby manumit and set (absolutely) free my Negro Man called Caleb aged about thirty years in such Manner that he may and shall be at his own Disposal; shall be deemed adjudged and taken for and as a Freeman to all Intents and Purposes,…
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Manumission Warner Mifflin to Hannah, Ezekiel, Beniah et al 1775
I Warner Mifflin of Kent County on Delaware Merchant fully persuaded in my Conscience that it is a Sin of a deep Dye to make Slaves of my fellow Creatures or to continue them in Slavery, and believing it to be impossible to obtain that Peace my Soul desires, while my Hands are found full…
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Manumission of Slaves from Warner Mifflin 1774
I Warner Mifflin of the County of Kent on Delaware Merchant do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my negro Man called James (whom I set at Liberty some Time back & gave an Instrument of Writing for said Purpose under my Hand & Seal) also my negro Woman called Mariah aged about twenty three…
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Will Peter Brinckle 1764
In the Name of God Amen this Tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty four, I Peter Brinckle of Little Creek hundred and County of Kent on Delaware being Very Sick and Weak in Body by of Perfect mind and memory thanks be given to god Therefore…
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Sale of Slave Judah by David Peterkin Jr to MCall Medford 1768
To all People to whom this Present Writing may Come I David Peterkin Junr of Mispillion Hundred in the County of Kent on Delaware farmer do Send Greeting Know ye that I the Said David Peterkin for and in Consideration of the Sum of Sixty Pounds Current money of the Government of the Counties of New…
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Manumission Thomas Dunning & Wife to Negroes Dol & Rachel 1766
To all People to whom these Presents Shall Come We Thomas Dunning of Kent County on Delaware yeoman and Mary his wife Send Greeting Whereas We the Said Thomas Dunning and Mary his wife Having in our Possession a Negro woman Named Dol, aged about Twenty Two years also a Negro Child Born of the…
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