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

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Record #502 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Ruth Bailey
Name of Slaveholder William Russel
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AT42
Page 362
Date 8 Aug 1832
Conditions To Be Free to be free today
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person abt 26 yo. To be known as Ruth Bailey.

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