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

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Record #395 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Dinah
Name of Slaveholder Benjamin Prettyman of Indian River Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Isaac Prettyman dec'd
Volume AN36
Page 148
Date 11 March 1825
Conditions To Be Free to serve until 6 March 1842 then to be free
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Negro mulatto. Intends for her to serve Nicholas Ridgely Esq. of Kent County

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