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

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Record #382 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Dorchester
Liber: Folio HD 17 i:158
Date (written/recorded) 4/27/1801
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Manumission. Richard Haywrd being the owner and possessor of a Negro slave Moses aged 30 and being desirous to enfranchize and manumit the said Moses does hereby manumit and set free the said Negro man Moses.

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