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

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Record #305 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Stephen Dreddon
Name of Slaveholder Warren Huffington Jr, dec'd
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Ephraim Tull
Volume AK33
Page 132
Date March 1814
Conditions To Be Free Huffington purchased Dreddon for term of 5 yrs and then to be free; time served & discharged March 1814
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Deed of Gift, not manumission. Huffington died intestate. Letters of Admin granted to Edward K. & William Huffington set him free.

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