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Inventory
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Inventory

Letter concerning wages
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Letter concerning wages

Free Man's Wages
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Free Man's Wages

Inventory of the property of James Woodlands
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Inventory of the property of James Woodlands

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Manumission certificate for Jake walker

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Kent County Chattel Records - Eliza, aged 40

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Kent County Freedom Certificates - William Perkins manumitted his wife.

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Kent County Manumission records - Richard Hynson frees Ebenezer Posey by deed.

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Harriet Lockerman, formerly Harriet Thomas, mulatto, is manumitted.

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

Mary S. Thomas hire agreement
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Mary S. Thomas hire agreement

Clement A. Sharp legal letter to Joseph Wickes
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Clement A. Sharp legal letter to Joseph Wickes

Sarah A. Roughley legal statement
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Sarah A. Roughley legal statement

Sarah A. Roughley legal letter to Joseph Wickes
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Sarah A. Roughley legal letter to Joseph Wickes

Samuel Ringgold will
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Samuel Ringgold will

Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
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Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired

Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hire
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Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hire

Note between John W. Palmer and Thomas Hynson
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Note between John W. Palmer and Thomas Hynson

Letter from William Hanes to Joseph Wickes
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Letter from William Hanes to Joseph Wickes

Rental agreement
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Rental agreement

Rental agreement
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Rental agreement

Hire agreement
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Hire agreement

Joseph Wickes assessment
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Joseph Wickes assessment

Receipt for the hire of servant woman, Kitty, by Edward Anderson
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Receipt for the hire of servant woman, Kitty, by Edward Anderson

Criminal Docket for April term 1858 through October term 1859
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Criminal Docket for April term 1858 through October term 1859

Licenses issued in the April term 1859
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Licenses issued in the April term 1859

Statement in the case of the State vs. Levi Rogers
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Statement in the case of the State vs. Levi Rogers

Presentment of the case of the State vs. Levi Rogers
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Presentment of the case of the State vs. Levi Rogers

Presentment for the State vs. Levi Rogers
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Presentment for the State vs. Levi Rogers

Judgement of Levi Rogers and appeal
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Judgement of Levi Rogers and appeal

Levi Rogers duties
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Levi Rogers duties

Statement of facts in the case of the State of Maryland vs Levi Rogers
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Statement of facts in the case of the State of Maryland vs Levi Rogers

Criminal court, April term
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Criminal court, April term

Property summary of James Anderson and M. Dowdall Thompson
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Property summary of James Anderson and M. Dowdall Thompson

Costs settled, 1822
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Costs settled, 1822

Mr. Leg's shop prices and payment from Margaret Higgins to Samuel Meeds
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Mr. Leg's shop prices and payment from Margaret Higgins to Samuel Meeds

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