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

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Record #430 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Worcester
Liber: Folio P:330
Date (written/recorded) 4/8/1794
Grantor: Grantee John Jones / Negroes Southey, Dinah, Abraham, Sabrough, Isaac, Lucretia
Abstract Manumission of Negroes. For 5 shillings Jones manumits and frees the above slave at the following times: Southy and Dinah from and after the date herof; Abraham, now eleven of age as October when he is twenty-four; Isaac now seven when he is twenty-four, Sabrough now eight and Lucretia now four when they are twenty.

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