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

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Record #564 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Mariah
Name of Slaveholder Benjamin Mifflin and wife? Sarah
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned John Spencer and Lawrence & Sarah Mifflin
Volume B2
Page 437
Date 18 Dec 1780
Conditions To Be Free freed today
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 45 yo formerly property of John Spencer Esq. & afterwards of Lawrence Riley by marriage with his widow Sarah now wife of Mifflin

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