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

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Record #184 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) John (Jack)
Name of Slaveholder Thomas Laws
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AF29
Page 250
Date 12 Feb1811
Conditions To Be Free to be free 2 June 1816; to serve term of 4 yrs 5 mos from today; expire 2 June 1816
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "right of all men to be free & equal"

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