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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 576   View pdf image
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slavery liberate manumit and set free the
following negroes from the several periods herein
after mentioned vizt my negro woman maria
being able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood
and maintenance to be free from and after the first
day of may 1836 my negro man Jerry aged
32 years lately sold for a term of years to Gustavus
R Barber to be free from and after the first day of
may 1844 my negro Girl sally aged 15 years to be
free from and after the first day of may 1851 ,my
negro girl Fanny aged eleven years to be free on
the first day of may 1851 and for ever thereafter
my negro boy Charles aged nine years to be free
from and after the first day of may 1857 all the
said negroes being able to work and gain a
sufficient livelihood and maintenance and
said negroes I do declare to be free manumitted
and discharged from all manner of servitude or
service to me my Executors or administrators or any
person or persons whatever from the several periods
herein before mentioned for ever  In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
this sixth day of april in the year of our Lord 1836
Signed sealed and delivered
       in presence of                     Jn.o Ridgely   (seal)
Edward Dubois   Jn.o Ridout

       At the foot of the aforegoing was thus written to wit
Anne Arundel County Sc  On this 6th day of april
1836 personally appears John Ridgely party to the
above Instrument of writing before me the subscriber
Justice of the peace of the state of maryland for said
County and acknowledges the same to be his act
and deed for the purposes therein mentioned and
the negroes within named to be manumitted and


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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