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

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Record #614 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Mose, Sam & Nice
Name of Slaveholder Spencer Lacey
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume P15
Page 609
Date 5 Dec 1791
Conditions To Be Free Mose to be free Christmas day 1793. Sam tbf Christmas day 1799. Nice tbf Christmas 1803.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "…impropriety of holding my fellow creatures in slavery…" Mose 19 yo. Sam 13 yo. Nice 9 yo

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