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

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Record #610 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Venus
Name of Slaveholder Wiliam Bonness
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume P15
Page 548
Date 29 Sept 1795
Conditions To Be Free to be free 4 yrs from 1 next Jan
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 17 yo

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