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

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Record #101 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Somerset Harris
Name of Slaveholder Stephen Harris of Dagsborough Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AD27
Page 23
Date 3 Feb 1808
Conditions To Be Free after term of 10 yrs reserving his service during term.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 24 yo. To be known as Somerset Harris

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