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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
Volume 825, Page 62   View pdf image
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Thomas Norris of Tho.s Sarah Norris & Mary Norris
all personally appeared before the subscriber one of the
Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid & Acknowledged
the within Instrument of writing to be their Act & Deed
according to Law  Acknowledged before
                                                          Ja.s Disney
Recorded 16 December 1799


Richard Merriken
              to
Sundry negroes
 Maryland sct  Know all Men by

these presents that I Richard
Merriken of Ann Arundel County and state aforesaid
believing that it is improper to hold negroes in
perpetual slavery and that freedom is the inalienable
right of every person these and other Considerations
have induced me to manumit and forever Discharge
and set free and I do for myself my heirs & assigns
hereby manumit and forever Discharge and set
free the following negroes to wit, one negro woman
named Hannah and a negro Girl her Daughter the
woman aged thirty nine and the Girl aged two
years the aforesaid negroes to be set free and have
their full Discharge and Liberty from the day of the
date hereof  In witness whereof I the said Richard
Merriken have hereunto set my hand & affixed my
Seal this 31 day of December seventeen hundred &
ninety nine
Signed Sealed & Delivered         Richard Merriken   (Seal)
in the presence of
       Brice J Worthington
       R.d Harwood of Tho.s

On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed Viz.t
Ann Arundel County to wit, on the day & year above written


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
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