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

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Record #1688 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 113
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 1/17/1860
Name Negro Richard Lee
Height 5' 5 1/2"
Complexion dark complexion
Other Descriptors scar abt 1" long on forehead over left eye running into his hair
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 28 yrs. Manumitted on 10/12/1855 by Samuel Cook. Recorded in Liber E.R. No. 2 folio 132, one of the chattel record books fo DO Cty. Raised in DO Cty. Identified by George Davidson, Talbot Cty.

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