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

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Record #163 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Sarah Townsend
Name of Slaveholder Prince Townsend
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Susanna Abbott, administratrix of Nicholas Call?
Volume AE28
Page 243
Date 18 June1809
Conditions To Be Free $45 paid. freed 13 Mar 1810 along with future increase
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person for sum of $45 paid by Prince Townsend, black man, to Sarah

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