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176 Brown, McLane Brown, William Long, Ely S Brown Maranda Brown & sally Brown of anne arundel county State of maryland for divers good causes and considerations us thereunto moving have released from Slavery liberate manumit and set free the following negroes named as follows negro Jin Negroe Hague & negroe mine to be free and at perfect Liberty to go and sojourn where they may at the age of twenty five years also negroe Patience negroe Eleck, negroe Charles negroe Jin & negroe mariah to be free at the age of twenty one years they and their whole increase at the same ages as prescribed above We do declare the said above mentioned negroes to be free from all manner of servitude or claim whatsoever from us our heirs Executors or administrators for ever. In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twentininth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty Catherine Brown (seal) Signed Sealed and McLane Brown (seal) delivered in the his presence of William + Long (seal) Henry Cord mark Ely.s Brown (seal) Maranda Brown (seal) Dennis Bezabel Dorsey Sally Brown (seal) On the back of the aforegoing deed was thus written to wit: On this twenty ninth day of august 1820 personally appears Catherine Brown McLane Brown, William Long, Ely S Brown Maranda Brown and Sally Brown partys to the within instrument of writing before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the State of maryland for the said County and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed for the purpose (within) |
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