Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #248 from Manumissions in Somerset and Worcester County Land Records, 1825-1866

Name (Slaveowner) Lawson, James
Name (Enslaved person) _George
Additional Information $200 to be freed on 1 Jan 1822; 36 yo (in this book although rest are later dates)
Document Date 1817 Jan 28
County Somerset
Liber GH 7
Folio 45

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