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

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Record #250 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Stephen
Slaveowner James Steele or Henry Steele? to Henry K .Steele
Date of Birth 1770?
Manumitted 5/6/1799
Reference Source
Content ?"Raised by" Henry Steele of Dorchester County was manumitted by the said Henry Steele May 6, 1799. Description: Blackish with scar on his right foot, 5? 10?.
Other Notes 12/4/1815- Manumission Papers record.

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