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

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Record #130 from Talbot County, Maryland Indentured Children 1796-1913

County Talbot
Type of Record Indentures, Acting Guardians, Judgments & Decrees 1813-1815, 1816-1840 (pt 2)
Page 77
Date 23 August 1824
Abstract Justices of the Peace bind Aaron Occomy, a free negro chld, born 19 Feb 1814, (with consent of his mother Susan Occomy) to Dr. Edward Spedden, physician & farmer; to learn the art of farming. Edward Spedden agrees to assure apprentice's freedom in event of his death during the apprenticeship.

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