{"deed_identifier":"DC.WAS.AP40.164.1","deed_county":"Washington DC.","deed_date":"October 22, 1817","deed_type":"Cert. of Freedom","book":"Book AP40, Page 164.","people":[{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"Benjamin Spellman","role":"grantee","color_race":"","sex":"Male","age":"22","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/69784","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""},{"occupation_enslaved":"","name":"Sally Spellman","role":"grantee","color_race":"","sex":"Female","age":"15","person_skills":"","date_added":"","group_sale":"","consideration":"","person_url":"https://dlas.uncg.edu/deeds/person/69785","birthdate":"","deathdate":"","family_roles":[],"diseases":""}],"summaries":[],"abstracts":["Certificates of freedom were recorded on 22 October I 81 7 .\n. [First document] Norfolk Co., [Virginia]: William Wilson, Clerk of the Court of Norfolk Co.\ncertifies that Benjamin Spellman is a free man of color, age about 22, with a scar on the left side\nof forehead, 6\u0027 tall, and has been duly registered in the Clerk of Court Office according to law.\nSigned on 10 September 1817 by William Wilson, Clerk.\n[Second document] William Wilson, Clerk of the Court of Norfolk Co. certifies that Sally\nSpellman is a free woman of color, age about 15, 5\u0027 and 4\" tall, without any apparent marks or\nscars on his hands or face, and has been duly registered in the Clerk of Court Office according to\nlaw. Signed on 8 August 1817 by William Wilson, Clerk.\nIn the left margin of the handwritten Liber the following is written: \"Exd [Examined] and Deld\n[Delivered] to Benjamin Spellman 21 Sept 1822\""],"compiler_notes":[]}