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

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Record #482 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) John Hooper
Name of Slaveholder Kendal M. Lewis
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Barkley Townsend
Volume AR40
Page 149
Date 23 March 1830
Conditions To Be Free now free
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person son of Thomas Hooper & Rachel, same boys he bought of Barkley Townsend, now 23 yo

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