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

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Record #16 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Moses
Name of Slaveholder Nancy Hickman
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned James Wiltbank
Volume W21
Page 420
Date ? Feb 1798
Conditions To Be Free $90 paid by Reverend James Wiltbank for term of 4 yrs from today with all his wearing apparel. To be free at end of term.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 45 yo. bill of sale & manumission from James Wiltbank from Nancy Hickman for Moses

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