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Prince George's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1829
Volume 762, Page 210   View pdf image
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       M.d P G Cty Sc.t

                I hereby certify that the bearer hereof
       ^Negro Darkey^ a Black woman who calls herself
       Darkey Boswell about twenty two years
       old about five feet four Inches high
       having no perceivable mark is a free
       woman being the Daughter of negro Cate
       who was liberated by a Deed of Manumission
       from Arch.d Elson & Recorded among
       the Land Records of Prince Georges County

                            certificate granted 5 Aug.t 1825
       Identified by the
       affidavit of Jo P Elson


             M.d P G Cty Sct   I hereby certify that the bearer
       hereof negro Lucy a black woman who calls herself
       Lucy Shorter about twenty one years of age five feet
       three & a half inches high having a small scar on her
       left arm & another on the little finger of her left hand
       occasioned by cuts is a free woman being the Daughter


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