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

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Record #195 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Hester and her children Isaac Christopher & Elizabeth Chirstopher
Name of Slaveholder William Lockwood, executor of Samuel
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Samuel Lockwood dec'd, father of William
Volume AF29
Page 465
Date 25 Oct 1811
Conditions To Be Free Zacker, manumitted husband to Hester, former slave of William Lockwood, paid William $120. children born after Hester was freed.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person during his lifetime Samuel Lockwood discharged from service & set at liberty Hester, with her child Isaac Christopher condition of payment; she also has daughter Elizabeth Christopher. All to be free.

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