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

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Record #226 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Adam
Name of Slaveholder Sarah Colleson
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AG30
Page 341
Date 1 Sept 1789
Conditions To Be Free manumit the said half Negro; discharged from service
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person …"convinced that oppresion & bondage of Negroes is contrary to will of God…" in possession of one half of Negro man aged abt 28 yo

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