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

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Record #565 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Catto
Name of Slaveholder James Newbold of Rehoboth Hundred, admin
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Sarah Jacobs, dec'd of Rehoboth Hundred
Volume B2
Page 439
Date 22 May 1789
Conditions To Be Free to be free today based on him to be free at Sarah's death
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Sarah Jacobs widow of Albert Jacobs, yeoman. Catto 27 yo. To be known as Catto Freeman

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