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

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Record #139 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 122
Date 19 September 1815
Abstract Justices of the Peace bind Mary Ann Wilson, a free negro girl, born 2 May 1804 (daughter & oorphan of Chester Willson, a free back man, deceased), to James Beswicks, a free black man, to serve until she is 16 yo & earn the art of housewifery.

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