Freedom paper for Amos Bell, 1808
Scope and Contents
"Blackbird Creek in Thoroughfare Neck Oct. 12th 1808. To all whom it may concern that Amos Bell free black man aged nearly twenty of Thoroughfare Neck in Appoquinimink Hundred and [County?] New Castle intends to go oun business to John weldon of New London Cross Road and from thence to a William Anderson Colored man near Newark. The above named Amos Bell formerly belonged to a William [Risdon?] Bishop of Little Creek Hundred Kent County and Delaware State and was manumitted by him the [?] Wm Bishop on the eighteenth day of August 1793 and [?] Amos's mother and two more children at the same time. Therefore all persons are requested to let him pass freely unmolested to the [aforesaid] places. [/s] Wm M Murray"
Dates
- Creation: 1808
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Physical Location
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Part of a 1964 deposit by Salem Quarterly Meeting of a box of "early Salem documents." Full inventory on file in FHL.
Affiliation:
Pre-Separation
Physical Facet
1 folder
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