List of manumssions for the purpose of sending free blacks to Liberia as a part of the Colonization Movement.

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IdentifierCH_CA_2024_MCHC_001_003
CategoryInstitutional Collections
Description Maryland's Colonization Society used manumission lists to project when manumissions would occur. Lists were compiled from records that were sent in from county offices and they include the persons manumitted, age, employment, by whom they were manumitted, how they were manumitted, date manumission was recorded, county, date of which their freedom will commence, and general remarks. These two pages includes 8 manumissions from Kent County. Martha Browne manumitted 7 slaves between the ages of 6 months and 30. William Copper manumitted 1 slave that was 41 years of age. All were manumittted in 1835.

Provided by and with permission from the Maryland Center for History and Culture, 2024 Date Created1835

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LanguageEnglish
Original Object Formatpublic records
KeywordsBlack Freedom Struggle, Slavery, Chattel records, Freedom Certificate , Manumission records
Library of Congress Subject HeadingsAfrican Americans--Colonization--Liberia, Enslaved persons--Emancipation, Slavery, Slavery--United States, Slavery--Maryland, Slave recordsLibrary of Congress Name Authority FileMaryland State Colonization Society, Maryland