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

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Record #549 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) James Jacobs
Name of Slaveholder Luke Jacobs of Baltimore Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AAA49
Page 451
Date 29 June 1840
Conditions To Be Free to be free today
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person aged something more than 60 yrs. To keep any real or personal property which James purchased as his own

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