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

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Record #1657 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 111
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 8/2/1859
Name Negro Phihllis Ann Richardson
Height 5' 1 1/2"
Complexion chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors without any notable marks or scars
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 23 yrs. Manumitted by Joseph Richardson on 1/8/1850 and recorded in Liber W.J. No. 3 folio 216 & 217, one of the chattel records of DO Cty. Identified by Hugh S. Muir.

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