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

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Record #1639 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 110
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 4/18/1859
Name Negro Richard Moors
Height 5' 9 1/4"
Complexion dark chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors whole first finger on right hand is stiff & crooked
Freedom Information and Age Manumitted by Francis Webb on 6/10/1816. to be free on 7/1/1823 & recorded by Liber H.D. No. 23, folio 399, one of the chattel record books of DO Cty. Identified by Col. William A. Spedden.

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