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

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Record #371 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 25
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 8/26/1823
Name Negro Patience
Height 5' 5 3/4"
Complexion blackish color
Other Descriptors three small scars on right arm
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by Joseph Eccelson; manumitted by him on 3/25/1802. To be free when age of 21 yrs. Age abt 31 yrs, granted on information of John LeCompte of John.

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