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

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Record #128 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Levin
Name of Slaveholder Thomas Ellegood
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AD27
Page 350
Date 20 July 1808
Conditions To Be Free to serve Wm Huffington Jun. term of 4 yrs.& all reasonable time lost by sickness not exceeding 10 days in yr
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 40 yo this month. "impropriety of holding my fellow creatures in perpetual bondage"

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