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

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Record #456 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Jacob
Name of Slaveholder Samuel G. Wright of Philadelphia, Pa
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned John Ingram
Volume AQ39
Page 290
Date 15 May 1829
Conditions To Be Free freed
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person purchased from Ingram of Sussex. 29 yo according to certificate from Ingram. Jacob employed at Delaware furnace under management of Wright's agent Derick Barnard?

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