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

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Record #181 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Mary Hachet And her two daughters, Louise and Ellen
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to Catherine Steele Ray
Date of Birth
Manumitted
Reference Source 1836 Will
Content Mary leaves Catherine Mary Hachet, her two daughters Louise and Ellen, also her choice of a young negro man and another woman, ?all these last mentioned servants to serve her during her life and then to be free.?
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