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

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Record #559 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Eunice
Name of Slaveholder Caleb S. Layton of Cedar Creek Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AAC51
Page 305
Date 1 Dec 1843
Conditions To Be Free to be from 25 Dec 1847 when 28 yo
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "…humanity & benevolence… many years of faithful service". 24 yo

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