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

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Record #259 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Issac, Alesey, Kesiah, Socelia, Casse
Name of Slaveholder Jehu West
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AH31
Page 420
Date 7 Feb 1815
Conditions To Be Free Isaac to serve 7 yrs from 1 Jan 1814 & then to be free. Alesey tbf 7 yrs from 1 Jan 1815. Her increase tbf as law provided. Children Kesiah, Socelia & boy Casse tbf. Kesiah to serve 21 yrs from 1 Jan 1815, Cecelia to serve 23 yrs from 1 Jan 1815.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "…holding my fellow man in perpetual slavery is contrary to laws of God…"

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