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

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Record #240 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Sarah Scye (mother to Hooper and Milley, wife of Dennis)
Slaveowner James B. Steele to Dennis Scye
Date of Birth 1810
Manumitted 8 April 1845
Reference Source Chattel Records 1852-1860 Vol. 776, pg 80 1850 Census
Content Steele sells to Dennis Scye his wife Sarah and children Hooper and Milley. Dennis is a freeman who purchases his wife and 2 children.
Other Notes Dennis, Sarah and children in 1850 Census. Cannot read.

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