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

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Record #328 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Spencer
Name of Slaveholder Isaac Short
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AL34
Page 323
Date 3 April 1816
Conditions To Be Free to serve 1 Jan last for 11 yrs and then to be free
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person " …holding my fellow man...contrary to the Laws of God..,"

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