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34 Exd d d Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Thomas of anne arundel county and state of maryland believing that natural freedom is the right of all men do hereby set free and manumit the following negroes and their issue at the respective periods of time and in the manner following to wit negroe Jack aged thirty eight years to be free in five years from the date hereof negroe Abram aged twenty three years to be free in ten years from the date hereof negroe Ben aged eighteen years to be free in ten years from the date hereof negroe William aged one year to be free in twenty seven years from the date hereof negro Nell aged thirty years to be free in five years from the date hereof negro Kate aged twenty years to be free in seven years from the date hereof negroe Esther aged eighteen years to be free in ten years from the date hereof Rebecca aged eleven years to be free in twelve years from the date hereof negroe Sarah aged nine years to be free in fourteen years from the date hereof negroe Mary aged five years to be free in eighteen years from the date hereof and I do hereby set free and manumit all the children that may be born of the above mentioned females before the respective periods of their becoming free the said children shall be free the males when they arrive to the age of twenty five years and the females at the age twenty one years and for the full performance of the several articles and stipulations before |
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