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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 219   View pdf image
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       To all whom it may Concern  Be it known That
I Ruth Davis of the City of annapolis in the State of
maryland for divers good causes and Considerations
me thereunto moving as also in further Consideration
of one dollar Current money to me in hand paid have
released from slavery liberated manumitted and
set free and by these presents do hereby release
from slavery liberate manumit and set free at
the periods herein after mentioned the following
slaves whom I have sold to a certain Benjamin
R Nicholson for a term of years to wit:  a negro
woman named Caty aged about twenty four
years the said negro woman named Caty to be
free on the Eleventh day of July Eighteen hundred
and twenty seven and if the said negro woman
named Caty should have any increase during the
term she has to serve the aforesaid Benjamin R
Nicholson then and in that case the male or males
shall belong to and serve the said Benjamin R
Nicholson until he or they shall arrive at the age of
twenty one years at which period he or they are
hereby declared to be liberated and set free and the
female or females to belong to and serve the said
Benjamin B Nicholson until she or they arrive at the
age of Eighteen years when they are hereby declared
to be liberated and set free and should the said
female or females have nay increase during their
term of servitude as aforesaid the said increase shall
and are hereby declared to be liberated and free
when the mothers term of servitude expires to wit
when the mother arrives at the age of Eighteen
years as aforesaid, also a negro boy named Henry
the son of the aforesaid negro woman named
                                                          (Caty)


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 219   View pdf image
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