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

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Record #398 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Selby
Name of Slaveholder Benjamin Prettyman, administrator
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Isaac Prettyman dec'd
Volume AN36
Page 189
Date 3 April 1824
Conditions To Be Free to be free after arriving at age 28.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person born 14 Aug 1816. Benjamin about to dispose of Selby for term of years until he is age 28 unto Eli Carey.

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