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

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Record #282 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Rhoda
Name of Slaveholder Clement Turner
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Prettyman Boyce
Volume A132
Page 323
Date 17 June 1816
Conditions To Be Free Rhoda, sold to him by Boyce, & before her time with Turner expired, had issue being male child Sam born 1 Feb 1814
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Certificate of Birth (not manumission)

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