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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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thousand Eight hundred and nineteen manumitted
set free and for ever discharged from slavery and by
these presents do hereby from and after the fifteenth
day of march one thousand Eight hundred and
nineteen aforesaid manumit set free and for ever
discharge from slavery a mulattoe man to me
belonging ^known^ by the name of Daniel or Daniel
Sparrow and the said Daniel his said manumission
freedom and discharge from slavery from and
after the fifteenth day of march one thousand Eight
hundred and nineteen aforesaid I the said John
Francis mercer by these presents do shall and will
for ever warrant and defend free from the claim
or claim of all and every person or persons whatsoever
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Eighteenth day of august one thousand
Eight hundred and seventeen
Testes   James Mercer      John F Mercer   (seal)
          Cary S Mercer

       on the back of the aforegoing deed was thus
written to wit:   anne arundel County to wit:
On this 18th day of august 1817 Personally appears
John F mercer party 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 acknowledges the same to be his act and deed
for the purposes within mentioned and the mulatto
man within named to be after the fifteenth day of
march one thousand Eight hundred and nineteen
manumitted and discharged from all services to him
or to any claiming under him and to be free
and manumitted according to the act of assembly
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