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

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Record #416 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Cudge Hays
Name of Slaveholder James Johnson of Mispillion Hundred, Kent Cty.
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AO37
Page 147
Date 29 Sept 1825
Conditions To Be Free freed today
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 32 yo. Purchased from Rachael Hays by bill of sale 9 April 1816

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