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

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Record #495 from Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1847-1860

County Dorchester
Volume 805
Page Number 297
Buyer or Manumitted Person James H. Lowe
Seller or Owner John Henry Lake, Negro
Transaction Type Apprenticeship Indenture
Date 5 Oct 1857
Transaction Abstract John Henry Lake, Negro, 8 yo on 1 May last past brought into Orphans' Court and is not at service, learning a trade, or employed in service of parents and is without suffiecient means for his support. The Justices assigned him to be bound as apprentice to James H. Lowe until he arrives at age 21. Lowe is to teach him the trade of farmer, supply him with suitable clothing & maintenance & when free to give him $20 & 2 suits of clothes as freedom dues, as well as to give him additional $25 in lieu of education. Signed 5 Oct 1857.

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