| State | Maryland |
|---|---|
| County | Worcester |
| Liber: Folio | N:409 |
| Date (written/recorded) | 1/13/1791 1/17/1791 |
| Grantor: Grantee | – |
| Abstract | Manumission. Ezekial Coston manumits and frees forever from slavery Negroes Hagar - to be free immediately, Negro girl Sophia aged 10 to be free at the age of 14. One Negro boy named Robert aged 21, Nego boy aged 3 to be free at the age of 21. Whereas Coston has a right to Negroes at the death of his mother Davy to be free at the age of 21 should his mother be dead at that time, Negro boy Jacob aged 14 to be free at the age of 21 should Coston's mother be dead. |
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