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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 632   View pdf image
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       To all whom it may Concern  Be it known That
I Ann Caroline Battee of Anne Arundel County in the
State of maryland for divers good causes and Considerations
me thereunto moving as also in future consideration
of the sum of five dollars 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 from and after
the respective period herein after named the following
servant to wit Nicholas Johnson being of the age of
about twenty two to be free on the first day of January
Eighteen hundred and fifty one he the said Nicholas
Johnson being able to work and gain a sufficient
livelyhood and maintenance for himself  The object of
this manumission is to Conform to an act made by the
State of maryland providing for the liberation of slaves
upon the Condition they go to some Colonized Settlement
of the Coloured people in Africa provided by the government
of the United States therefore after the said Nicholas
Johnson has performed his term of servitude he shall
be free or that he shall have his choice then to go to some
colonized portion of coloured people in Africa or any other
part selected by these United States or under the superintendance
of the Colonization society or in case of refusal he the said
Nicholas Johnson shall forfeit his freedom and shall
again be the lawful slave of me Ann Caroline Battee
or in case of my death leaving no lawful issue to my
Brother John Osborne Battee & his heirs but it is further
granted so far as is Consistent with the Laws of
Maryland that if the said Nicholas Johnson after
the expiration of his term of servitude if he chooses to go
to Africa he the said Nicholas Johnson is authorised
for a prudent time to hire himself for the purpose of
raising means to take with him to Africa to make himself
comfortable when he arrives at said Settlement  This
manumission gives further authority that after the
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