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

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Record #340 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Dorchester
Liber: Folio HD 16 i:153
Date (written/recorded) 6/10/1800
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Manumission. Thomas Bell being the owner and possessor of Negro slave named Rosanna Bell aged 1 year and 8 months and being willing and desirous to give the said Negro liberty does hereby manumit and set free the said child.

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