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

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Record #576 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Jacob
Name of Slaveholder Buyer: Abraham (Abram) Callaway
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Seller: Langford Boyce
Volume B2
Page 517
Date 25 May 1793
Conditions To Be Free N/A
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 23 yo. Not manumission, but sale. Previously owned by William Price & bequeathed to "my wife Elizabeth"

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