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Thomas Pollitt Family Bible

1 box (0.25 linear feet)

(1767)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2013.016
Creator(s) See Nabb Center Staff
Acquisition

The Thomas Pollitt Family Bible was donated to the Nabb Research Center by L. Paul Morris, August 2012. 
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Leslie M. McRoberts, August 2016.
Related Materials

Family Bible Collection (1700 – 1900s)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

The Thomas Pollitt Family Bible, was published in 1767 and printed in London, England by Mark Baskett. The bible contains notations listing the births of Levin Morris (b. 1782) and the children of Titus, slaves owned by William Pollitt, ranging from 1783 to 1805. Two of the slaves became well-known Free Black men on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Rev. Frost Pollitt (1789-1871) and George Pollitt (1794-1850).

Biographical History

Rev. Frost Pollitt (1789-1871) was a founding member of the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Deacon. He died in Salisbury, MD. His brother, George Pollitt (1794-1850) was one of five Free Black men who founded the John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church in Salisbury, MD in 1837.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • African American History
    • Pollitt Family
  • Personal Names
    • Pollitt, Frost (1789-1871)
    • Pollitt, Thomas ( )
  • Location Terms
    • Maryland

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