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

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Record #316 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 21
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 9/20/1820
Name Negro Hannah
Height 5' 3 1/4"
Complexion copper color
Other Descriptors small scar on right wrist
Freedom Information and Age Raised by Thomas Hooper of DO Cty; manumitted by Esther Thompson of DO Cty on 7/3/1817. To be free at age of 31 yrs. Now abt 32 yrs.

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