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

Record Detail

Record #272 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name
Slaveowner
Date of Birth
Manumitted 5/6/1799
Reference Source Dorchester County Manumission records
Content the Expiration of the term for which they are hired out, the others to be free immediately?? All Negros set free, Signed by Levin Woolford. No names of slaves given. Lists those manumitted as Rachel, Milley, Rachel, Stephen
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