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

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Record #428 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Peter
Name of Slaveholder Eli Carey of Broad Creek Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Joshua Burton
Volume AO37
Page 431
Date 28 Dec 1826
Conditions To Be Free to be free from 20 Sept 1830
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Peter was purchased from Joshua Burton. 21 yo 7 March 1821

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