Robert Hanson, Deed of Manumission, 1818
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Hewlett, Sandra M. Robert Hanson, Deed of Manumission, 1818. Digital Collections. https://genpa.r2infosys.com/s/collections/item/11041
Hewlett, Sandra M. "Robert Hanson, Deed of Manumission, 1818." Digital Collections, , https://genpa.r2infosys.com/s/collections/item/11041.
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ROBERT HANSON, DEED OF MAN MISSIO PHILADELPHIA, 1818 he 1780 Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1780, (see following article) did not actually free slave . That required individual acts of manumission. The e manumis ion were often recorded in deed boo , whi h rv d as an extra protection if the original wer lo t or chaUenged. 1 Know all men by these presents that I Richard Williams West of Prince George' County in the tate of Maryland for diverse good causes and considerations to me thereunto moving as also in further consideration of the um off our hundred dollars money of the United States to me in hand paid by Robert Hanson have released from slavery liberated manumitted and set free the said Robert Hanson and he the said Robert Hanson do declare co be henceforth free manumitted and discharged from all manner of servitude or service to me my executors or administrators for ever. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. [signed] R. W. West Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us S. Badger Q. Q. Mclahera [?] Received on the day of the date above deed of Manumission the sum of four hundred dollars it being the full consideration money within mentioned. [signed] R.W. West Witness: S. Badger Cicy of Philadelphia-Be it remembered that on this twenty ninth day of August A.D. 1818 personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Aldermen of said city Richard Williams West within named and aclmowl- cdges the ame to be his act and deed and desired the same to be recorded as such. Witness my hand & seal this twenty ninth day of August A.O. 1818. [signed] S. Badger Recorded th 29th of August 1818 1 Philadelphia Deeds M2:43-44; FHLl2,108,698. This record was located and tran• scribed by Sandra M. Hewlett, CG. 22 Pennsyluanta Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 (2006)