Nova Scotia Archives
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Certificate of manumission for 'James', a four month old "mulatto child"
Certificate was originally issued by Enoch Plummer, Lieutenant of the 69th Regiment of Foot. He has "manumitted, enfranchised and set at liberty" the infant son of his slave 'Rose', "in consideration of [her] faithful services...and other good causes and considerations..."
Date: October or November 1783
Reference Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 170 page 350
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