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

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Record #21 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Manuel Brown, Negro of Maryland & wife Nancy - Grantor
Name of Slaveholder William Anderson - Grantee
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned x
Volume Y23
Page 348
Date 8 March 1802
Conditions To Be Free lands formerly belonged to Nancy's father Benjamin Wootten & part of money from heirs of John Treshon. $40 to Brown conveys to Anderson lands & money due.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Not a manumission; this is a land deed.

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