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

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Record #429 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Minnah (man)
Name of Slaveholder Solomon Short, executor
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Hessey & Josiah Mitchell, both dec'd
Volume AP38
Page 40
Date 7 May 1824
Conditions To Be Free to be free at 25 yo arrived 9 July 1826 as per wishes of Mitchell
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Josiah Mitchell died before Minna arrived at 25 yo; he fell into hands of Hessey Mitchell widow of Josiah who also died before Minna to be free

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