Notes for Benjamin JORDAN

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AS I UNDERSTAND IT THIS NEXT DEED IS THE RESULT OF HIS SON BEING A QUAKER MINISTER IN RICH SQUARE N.C. AND BEING OF THE CONVICTION THAT SLAVERY WAS WRONG.

I BENJAMIN JORDAN OF SOUTHAMPTON CO.. IN VA. FROM MATURE DELIVERATON AND THE CONVICTIONS OF MY OWN MIND BEING FULLY PURSUADED THAT FREEDOM IS THE NATURAL RIGHT OF ALL MANKIND AND THAT NO LAW, MORAL OR DIVINE HAS GIVEN ME A RIGHT TO OR PROPERTY IN THE PERSONS OF MY FELLOW CREATURE AND BEING DESIROUS TO FULFILL THE INJUNCTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST TO DO UNTO OTHERS AS I WOULD BE DONE BY DO DECLARE THAT HAVING UNDER MY CARE A NEGRO WOMAN NAMED PATIENCE AGED 27 YEARS AND I DO HEREBY FOR MYSELF MY HEIRS & I, RELEASE UNTO HER THE SD. PATIENCE ALL MY RIGHT INTEREST CLAIM OR PRETENTION OF CLAIM WITHOUT INTERUPTION FROM ME OR ANY OTHER PERSONS FOR BY SEAL AND HAND THIS 17TH DAY OF THE 10TH MONTH 1803. WITNESSES - JOHN KNOX, ISAAC M. KNOX. RECORDED OCT. 17TH, 1803. D.B. 10, P. 183.
Scorce: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/r/Jack-A-Jordan-OR/BOOK-0001/0009 -0008.html

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