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

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Record #265 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Thomas Hooper
Name of Slaveholder Jacob Wright of Dorchester Co.
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned John Hooper Esq.
Volume AI32
Page 39
Date 1 July 1815
Conditions To Be Free $200 paid to Wright. Releases forever.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Wright came into possession by intermarriage with present wife

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