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

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Record #241 from Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1847-1860

County Dorchester
Volume 776
Page Number 391
Buyer or Manumitted Person Clement Hubbard
Seller or Owner Eliza Rawleigh, wife of John L. Thomas, Sarah H. Rawleigh, and James Stewart
Transaction Type Bill of Sale
Date 1 Jan 1852
Transaction Abstract Eliza Rawleigh, guardian to Sarah H. Rawleigh now wife of John L. Thomas, & by order of Orphans Court to sell interest of Sarah H. Rawleigh to property mentioned hereafter and the said John Leeds Thomas & his wife Sarah H. Thomas & James A. Stewart are paid $400 by Clement Hubbard - $160 to Stewart & $240 to Thomas & wife - for Negro boy slave Joshua 12-14 yo, slave for life.

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