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

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Record #459 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) James Wilson
Name of Slaveholder William Dunning of Dagsborough Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Joseph Betts, adm of Zackariah Wainright dec'd
Volume AQ39
Page 313
Date 17 Sept 1829
Conditions To Be Free to be free at age 25 on 20 March 1847
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person x

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