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Mullatto Moll is to serve six months extra under David Hellen, and seven years for the country for bearing a child of a Negro father. The child is bound to Hellen until the age of thirty, June 17, 1766

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Summary:Autograph document signed. Copy dated 1790 of a document dated 1766. Statement. J. Morse Udent, clerk Mullatto Moll is to serve six months extra under David Hellen, and seven years for the country for bearing a child of a Negro father. The child is bound to Hellen until the age of thirty. [Calvert County].
Century:1701-1800
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:Maryland
Calvert County
Temporal subject: 1761-1770
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United Kingdom of Great Britain
Geographical subject – Region:Maryland
Calvert County
Topical subjects:Slavery -- Maryland
African Americans
ArchivesUM location:Maryland Manuscripts collection
  • item 3687
Repository:Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:Civil Rights, Civic Engagement
Personal and Family Lives
Copyright holder:Public Domain
Collection:Digital Collections
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