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

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Record #331 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Cato
Name of Slaveholder Robert Barr
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AL34
Page 444
Date 13 Jan 1820
Conditions To Be Free manumitted
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person …"benvolence & humanity…" 28 yo

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