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

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Record #458 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Mahala Dolby, Major, Perry
Name of Slaveholder Sambo Morris of Baltimore Hundred, man of color
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Zachariah Wainwright, dec'd
Volume AQ39
Page 313
Date 23 Sept 1829
Conditions To Be Free all to be free
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "in consideration of parental affectionÂ…. " Jane is daughter & grandchildren Mahala Dolby & Major Perry, chldren of Jane. Sambo bought them from Joseph ?, adm of Zachariah Wainwright

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