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52 a negro woman named Serena aged about fifty five years being one of the negroes aforesaid at and for the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars which sum hath been fully paid and satisfied unto the said Alexander Randall the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. And whereas by the act of the General Assembly of Maryland passed at December session eighteen hundred and forty two Chapter two hundred and ninety three a woman during coverture may become entitled to or possessed of slaves by conveyance gift inheritance distribution or otherwise and may hold and possess the same as her seperate property exempt from any liability for the debts or contracts of her husband. Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said Alexander Randall for and in consideration of the premises and for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar lawful money of the United States to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said Matilda Watkins her Executors administrators and assigns the said negro woman named Serena aged about fifty five years. To Have and To Hold the said negro woman unto the said Matilda Watkins her heirs executors administrators and assigns forever. In Testimony whereof the said Alexander Randall hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first herein before written Signed Sealed and delivered A. Randall (seal) in presence of W.m Glover At the foot of the foregoing was thus written to wit Anne Arundel County to wit On this seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and forty five before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for said County personally appeared Alexander Randall he being known to me to be the identical person named and described as and professing to be the party grantor in the aforegoing deed or instrument of writing and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed W.m Glover Recorded the 8.th day of August 1845 costs 85 cts |
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