Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #198 from Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1847-1860

County Dorchester
Volume 776
Page Number 312
Buyer or Manumitted Person DeWit C. Handley
Seller or Owner John B. Marshall, Executor of William Piercy
Transaction Type Bill of Sale
Date 13 Jan 1851
Transaction Abstract $155.75 paid by DeWit C. Handley to John B. Marshall, Executor of William Piercy for Negro boy Abraham Atkinson, servant for 3 years from the first of the present month, he now being 35 yo, slave for term of three years. Signed 13 Feb 1851.

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