Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Cuningham | grantor | |||
Kate | Black ("negro") | Female | grantee |
Manumission was recorded on 21 May 1801. [First document] "George Town 20 January 1798. Received from Negro Kate $40 in full for her freedom and she is hereby discharged of all claims existing in or through me. John Cuningham -- Witness David English." [Second document] "George Town 13 April 1798. Sir, Kate says she's apprehensive of being taken up as a stray in my absence and is begging me to cause you to put her on some better footing as to her manumission. J. Cuningham"