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Manumission of Henry Compton by slaveholder Miles Smith
1821-11-12
Middlesex County Clerk
Slaveholder Miles Smith manumitted a 22-year-old man named Henry Compton on 11/12/1821. The Middlesex County Book of Manumissions and Removals contains two records related to Henry Compton’s manumission. The Certificate of Manumission was issued on…
Account of Henry Compton (alias Smith, a black man)
1820-1821
Dunham, Jacob
Dr. Jacob Dunham recorded the amounts owed to him by Henry Compton for medical services that the doctor provided from 1820 to 1821.