Manumission of John Skillman

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Manumission record for John Skillman, about 39 years old, signed by Caleb Johnson.

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Princeton’s Fugitive Slaves

Source

Somerset County: Manumission & Register of Blacks, Dec. 13, 1823 - Jan. 8, 1862

Publisher

Microfilm (New Jersey Bureau of Archives and History)

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