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

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Record #131 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 80
Date 23 August 1824
Abstract Justices of the Peace bind James H. Occomy, free negro child, born 22 Aug 1812 (with consent of his mother, Susan Occomy) to Dr. Edward Spedden, to learn the art of farming. Edward Spedden promises freedom in event of his death.

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