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

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Record #23 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Meriah
Name of Slaveholder William Fowler
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned John Fowler of Nanticoke Hundred
Volume Z
Page 140
Date ? 1804
Conditions To Be Free John Fowler sells Meriah to William Fowler for $100. To be free at age 25.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Bill of Sale & manumission. 3 yo Oct past

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