1796 - Ricks to Jane - Sussex Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/07/1796
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Edward Ricks a free black man, and believing that freedom is the natural right of all men, and having lately purchased my wife of the estate of William Blunt dec’d, and being desirous that she should enjoy the blessings of freedom. I do by these presents hereby emancipate and set free the said woman by the name of Jane to enjoy her full liberty in as ample a manner as the law will allow her, relinquishing all manner of claim to her person as a slave. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 30th day of October 1795.
Signed, sealed & acknowledged Edward Ricks (seal)
in presence of
Ben W Johnson
M Bailey
At a court held for Sussex County the 7th day of January 1796
This deed of emancipation was proved by the affirmation of Michael Bailey, one of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Examined Teste, M Bailey CSC
Signed, sealed & acknowledged Edward Ricks (seal)
in presence of
Ben W Johnson
M Bailey
At a court held for Sussex County the 7th day of January 1796
This deed of emancipation was proved by the affirmation of Michael Bailey, one of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Examined Teste, M Bailey CSC
Record Location
DB H:421
Document Type
Deed
Notes
"I Edward Ricks a free black man, and believing that freedom is the natural right of all men"
Files
Collection
Citation
“1796 - Ricks to Jane - Sussex Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed April 19, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2343.