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

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Record #140 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 123
Date 19 September 1815
Abstract Justices of the Peace bind Tilly Porter, a free negro girl, born 10 May 1804, (daughter of Ambrose Porter, deceased, a free black man), to James Beswicks, a free black man, to serve until she is 16 yo & learn housewifery.

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