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

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Record #330 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Grace Obier
Name of Slaveholder James Conwell
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AL34
Page 427
Date 6 May 1819
Conditions To Be Free to serve 7 years from today then to be free. Any children during this period also to be free.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person cannot ascertain age …will of God..human beings ..to be free.."

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