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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_040
Hire agreement
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_008
Ann Reed, daughter of Araminta Butler, is manumitted in 1849
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_135
Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_138
Harriett Ringgold testimony
CH_CA_2023_IC_005_006
George A. Taylor hire agreement
CH_CA_2023_SC_585_001
Receipt of Joseph Wickes IV
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_007
Kent County Freedom Certificate of Samuel Derry, 1849.
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_134
Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2023_SC_506_001
Course of Capt. Simon Wickes
CH_CA_2023_IC_005_030
Letter from Issac P. Walker to Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_133
Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_009
Slave bill of sale
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Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_005
William Smith passed a slave girl as property to Edward Hadaway
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_001
Kent County Chattel Records of Joseph and Samuel Derry (1845)
CH_CA_2023_SC_558_001
Rental agreement of Joseph Wickes IV
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_003
Manumission record of Amanda Boyer, 23 years old in 1845, Kent County, MD
CH_CA_2023_SC_581_001
Survey of the lands of James Greenwood
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_131
Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_004
Kent County Chattel Records, 1845 - listing a negro boy, age 8
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_002
Kent County Chattel Records - 1845
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_038
Hire agreement
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_036
Letter from Alphonsa Blake to their lawyer Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_035
Letter from Alphonsa Blake to their lawyer Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_041
Letter from Joseph Brice to his lawyer Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_033
Letter from Alphonsa Blake to their lawyer Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_034
Letter from Alphonsa Blake to their lawyer Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2023_SC_569_001
Letter to Joseph Wickes IV
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_130
Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_069
Elizabeth Jones will
CH_CA_2023_SC_571_001
Fire Insurance for Joseph Wickes IV
CH_CA_2021_SC_023_161
Commitment of payment to Dr. James Bordley
CH_CA_2023_IC_005_028
Isaac Walker agreement with Ann Woodland, free African American
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_129
Land and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2023_IC_005_029
Issac Walker account with Ann Woodland, free African American
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_030
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