Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #334 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Dorchester
Liber: Folio HD 16 i: 60
Date (written/recorded) 5/17/1800
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Manumission. For diverse good causes, Thomas Bennett manumits and sets free Negro Bet from all person or persons or to any claim under the said Thomas --"she being a lusty woman pretty dark Complection and about forty five years of age.

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