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

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Record #324 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Ebby & her children: boy Batt, Hetty, Gilly, Lovey, Eliza, Eby, Ansly?
Name of Slaveholder Thomas Woolford
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AL34
Page 238
Date 25 Jan 1819
Conditions To Be Free Ebby free now, Batt tbf 10 Nov 1825, Hettty tbf today; Gilly tbf 29 Mary 1827, Lovey tbf 10 June 1824; Eliza tbf 6 Feb 1829; Eby tbf 6 June 1830, Ansly tbf 20 appr 1833
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person ….contrary to laws of God…" my daughter Hetty; my son Gilly; my daughters Lovey & Eliza & Eby & Ansly

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