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

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Record #431 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Linty and Clem
Name of Slaveholder Sarah Short and Stanley B. Short
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AP38
Page 125
Date 6 Feb 1827
Conditions To Be Free Linty to be free this date. Clem to be free at 24 yo; to serve until 18 Apr 1840.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Linty, wife of Jack? 28 yo. Clem 11 yo next April

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