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

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Record #1605 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 107
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 10/20/1858
Name Negro Mary Jane Foster
Height 5' 1 3/4"
Complexion mulatto complexion
Other Descriptors without any notable marks or scars
Freedom Information and Age Age 25 yrs. Raised in DO Cty. Daughter of Casse who was manumitted by Edward Griffith on 8/1/1818. To be free at age of 25 yrs. Granted on information of Washington Slacum.

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