Tag: Slavery
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Negro George Hill Manumission from Reuben Anderson 1819
Know all men by these presents that I Reuben Anderson of the County of Kent & State of Delaware for divers good Causes & consideration me hereunto moving do Manumit, Enfranchise and absolutely set free a certain negro man named George Hill to be free and at his perfect liberty since the twentieth day of…
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Negro William Hawkins Manumission from John Baynard 1824
Know all men by these presents that I John Baynard of Kent County and State of Delaware for divers good causes and Consideration me hereunto moveing do hereby manumit anfranchise and absolutely Set free my Negro Man William Hawkins aged about twenty Seven years to be free and at his perfect liberty from the date…
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Negro Alexander Pope Manumission from Sarah Pope and Others 1817
To all whome it may Concern; We Sarah Pope late of the City of Augusta in the state of Georgia, but now of the village of Smyrna in the County of Kent & State of Delaware and Lydia Simpson and Margaret Simpson of the County of Kent and State of Delaware aforesaid Do hereby Manumit…
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Negro Ben Manumission from Samuel and Allen Talbott 1817
Know all men by these presents that whereas we Samuel & Allen Talbott one of Kent & the other of Sussex County in the State of Delaware did on the twenty fifth day of May eighteen hundred & fifteen among other things purchased of Benjamin Potter of the Village of Milford, County of Kent aforesd.…
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Negro Peter Manumission From John Purden 1817
Know all men by these presents that I John Purden of the town of Milford in Kent County & State of Delaware for divers good Causes & Considerations me thereunto moving do hereby manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free a certain negro boy belonging to me Peter previously the property of Thomas Green of whom…
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Negro Ben Smith Manumission from Daniel Walker 1817
Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Walker of Kent County in the State of Delaware for divers good causes and Considerations me hereunto moveing hath and by these presents doth manumit emancipate, liberate and set free and at full liberty my negro Ben Smith after he shall have served six years from…
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Coroner’s Inquisition into the Death of Negro Boy John Enslaved of George Cummins 1793
Delaware State, Kent County Ss. An Inquisition taken at the House of George Cummins in duck Creek hundred in the County afsd before me John Chicken Esqr. Coroner of the said County to enquire into the manner and way that a Certain negro boy named John belonging to the said George Cummins Came by his…
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Betty Vining Manumission from Abraham Allee 1817
Know all Men by these presents That I Abraham Allee of Wilmington in the State of Delaware from divers good Causes and Consideration me thereunto moving have manumitted enfranchised and set free from Slavery and do hereby manumit enfranchise and set free from slavery my female Negro Slave called and known by the name of…
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Charles Carter Manumission from Henry Carter 1817
Know all men by these presents that I Henry Carter of Kent County and State of Delaware do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my negro Boy Charles Carter to be from this date from me and my heirs, as witness my hand & Seal 12 mo 10. 1817. Henry Carter {seal} Witness Danl. Mifflin…
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Manumission of Mary from Thomas Brown, 1817
Know all men by these presents, That I Thomas Brown of the County of Kent and State of Delaware, for divers good causes and Considerations do hereby Manumit enfranchize and absolutely set free my Negro Girl Called Mary, to be free and at her full and perfect liberty on the first day of July eighteen…
