Manlove Jester of New Castle County, Delaware, purchased a slave named Mary, who is currently in Cecil County, Maryland, "for the term of six years from the fourteenth of January next, at the expiration of that time said negro Mary is manumitted." Jester therefore prays that a law be passed "authorizing him to bring into the State of Delaware from the State of Maryland the said negro Mary, and hold her as Slave for the term of six years from the said fourteenth day of January next."
Result: Senate: presented, read, referred, reported.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
