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

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Record #414 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Joshua Fassett
Name of Slaveholder James Richards of Baltimore Hundred, farmer
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned James Fassett Sr
Volume AO37
Page 141
Date 5 Dec 1825
Conditions To Be Free Joshua to serve Richards 6 yrs 5 mos then to be free 2 Jan 1832
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person based on agreement with Joshua Fassett, coloured man, hereto slave of James Fassett Sr. of Maryland

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