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Anne Arundel County, Manumission Record, 1844-1866
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set free and by these presents do hereby release from
slavery liberate manumit and set free my
negro girl named Charlotte Jane being of the
of eight years to take effect and and from first
day of May Anno Domini eighteen hundred
and fifty five and her the said negro girl named
I do declare to be at and from the first day of
May Anno Domini eighteen hundred and
fifty five free manumitted and discharged from
all manner of service or servitude to me my
heirs executors or administrators forever
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this eighth day of May
Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty one
Signed sealed and         Jos Atwell   (seal)
acknowledged in presence
of J. S. Owens
State of Maryland Anne Arundel County Sct
On this 8.th May 1851 personally appeared Joseph
Atwell before me the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace of the State of Maryland in and for
Anne Arundel County the said Joseph Atwell
being personally known to me to be the identical
person mentioned in the foregoing deed of manumission
who declares and saith that the said
deed of manumission is his act and deed
and that the said Charlotte Jane and her
increase is and are free at and from the first
day of May Anno Domini eighteen hundred and
fifty five the word "April" being first stricken out
and the word "May" inserted
                                           J. S. Owens
Anne Arundel County to wit  I certify that
the grantee this day paid one dollar being


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