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

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Record #422 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Thomas
Name of Slaveholder John Carey
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned John Collins dec'd
Volume AO37
Page 325
Date 2 June 1826
Conditions To Be Free free now
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "…all men are free and equal…will of God"

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