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

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Record #317 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Jacob
Name of Slaveholder John Hopkins of Dagsborough Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AL34
Page 85
Date 5 Jan 1819
Conditions To Be Free free from today.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person age 26-28. "…not right keeping ..always in slavery…"

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