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

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Record #1681 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 113
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 11/10/1859
Name Negro Nancy Elizabeth Atkinson
Height 5' 3"
Complexion light complexion
Other Descriptors small scar on 1st finger of left hand between 2nd & 3rd jonht, another on knuckle of 2nd finger of same hand, 2 small marks on back of neck made by cuts of physician
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 18 yrs. Identified by Tristram H. Davis.

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