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

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Record #120 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Prince Townsend Jr. & Rose Townsend
Name of Slaveholder Prince Townsend (black man of Georgetown)
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AD27
Page 262
Date 6 June 1808
Conditions To Be Free to be free from this date
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person my two children Prince Jr & Rose

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