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

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Record #560 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Margaret Jane
Name of Slaveholder James L. Wallace
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AAC51
Page 396
Date 2 May 1834
Conditions To Be Free Margaret Jane to be free at 22 yo. Term expires on 1 Jan 1858.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "…after mature deliberation and divers e good causes..." Margaret Jane ...? daughter who was manumitted by James L Wallace Sen. Bound 1836 near 3 mos old [thisis not clear]

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