Lettsome manumitted 1,000 slaves upon inheriting them. Some masters manumitted their slaves formally and arranged to pay them wages for continued labor. As a wealthy Maryland wheat farmer, Edward Gorsuch had manumitted several slaves in their 20s. Some slaves were manumitted (set free) on condition that they emigrate. Before the American Revolutionary War, few slaves were manumitted. Reverend Ebenezer Gay Jr. manumitted his family's three remaining slaves in 1812. These slaves and their children were eventually manumitted and joined local free communities. As a result, thousands of slaves were manumitted in Virginia. He stipulated in his will that upon his death, the slaves would be manumitted. However, due to legal and financial complications after Todd's death, the slaves were not manumitted. When a slave was manumitted, the former owner became their patron. Newly manumitted ex-slaves had to leave the state. Libertini were those men who were manumitted from legal slavery. Ibn Sa'd writes and quotes Waqidi that she was manumitted but later married by Muhammad. A trusted bailiff might be manumitted as a gesture of gratitude.