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

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Record #461 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Sealy and Rhoday
Name of Slaveholder Sarah and Robert Jefferson
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Job Jefferson, dec'd
Volume AQ39
Page 343
Date 14 Nov 1829
Conditions To Be Free both freed today
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Sealy 30 yo,. Sarah Jefferson, widow of Job Jefferson. Sealy devised to Sarah by will of Job, then to go to Robert Jefferson. Rhoday 5 yo.

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