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

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Record #533 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Peter Black alias Shockley
Name of Slaveholder William Hill of Cedar Creek Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AX46
Page 292
Date 28 Jan 1837
Conditions To Be Free to be free
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person between 34 - 35 yo. Named Peter Wick & purchased of Curtis Shockley Sen. late of Cedar Creek Hundred.

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