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Hannah Ringgold's manumission application in the Kent County court records

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CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_010
Institutional Collections
Hannah Ringgold successfully applied for a certificate of freedom in the following year of her being manumitted by deed, by Hynson Smith, Martha Smith, and Griffith.

Provided by and with permission from the Maryland State Archives, 2024.
circa 1850

English
Chattel records, Freedom Certificate , Kent County, Maryland, Manumission records
Slavery--Maryland, Enslaved persons--Emancipation, Court records, SlaveholdersMaryland--Kent County