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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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discharged from all services to him or to any
Claiming under him and to be free and manumitted
according to the act of assembly in such Cases made
and provided
Ex.d d.d   Acknowledged Before  Richard G Hutton
Chd
4   Recorded the 15th day of August 1828


    This Indenture Witnesseth that I William P Hardesty
of anne arundel County and State of maryland
for and in Consideration of the sum of one dollar
to me in hand paid at and before the ensealing
and delivering of these presents the receipt
whareof I do hereby acknowledge have released
from slavery manumated and set free and by
these Presents do release from slavery manumitted
and set free my negro woman named Suck
sixteen years of age of a helthy Constitution sound
in mind and body and Capable of labour to
procure to herself food and rament and also my
woman nell aged fourteen equel in point of helth
Constitution and mind Capable of labour to
precure to herself sufficient food and rament with
other requisite necerrys of life  Provided the said
suck and nell shall Continue to serve me as
heretofore untill they are thirty years of age then
the said suck and nell shall be free from all
servitude and if during the Continuance of their
servitude of said suck and nell they should have
any issue of their body begotten then I do hereby
determine Grant and Agree that if male I do
hereby manumate and set free at twenty one
years of age if females I do hereby manumate and set
                                                                      (free)


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